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NY conviction set aside by trial judge bacause defense counsel slept during trial

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

From ABAJournal.com is the report of a conviction set aside because defense counsel slept and read magazines during the client's trial. See After Judge Finds Lawyer Slept During Trial, He Tosses Weapons Conviction: A New York criminal defense lawyer who's taken more than 600 cases to trial is on the hot seat after a Brooklyn judge tossed one client's conviction. Trial judge Vincent M. Del Giudice ruled last week that Manhattan solo practitioner Michael Harrison failed to provide his client "meaningful representation." In a written opinion, Del Giudice notes that Harrison presented a "bizarre" opening statement, repeatedly fell asleep during trial and read magazines while witnesses testified, the New York Law Journal reports.

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on June 25, 2009 (boomark / email).