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Atkins Prosecutor in Virginia Faces Misconduct Hearing

By Steve Hall

The Newport News Daily Press reports, "Prosecutorial misconduct case against York-Poquoson commonwealth's attorney moves forward."  It's written by Jon Cawley and appeared in the March 6 edition.York-Poquoson Commonwealth's Attorney Eileen Addison and Newport News attorney Cathy Krinick will face Virginia State Bar misconduct hearings regarding the 1998 capital murder trial of Daryl Atkins.The State Bar's Sixth District Subcommittee met on Dec. 4 regarding allegations of misconduct against Addison and Krinick and certified those complaints to the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board. The committee's findings were mailed to Addison and Krinick on Feb. 11.The misconduct complaints were filed by Atkins' attorney, George Rogers III, and, according to bar documents, stemmed from attorney Leslie Smith's accusation that Addison and Krinick withheld information in the case of co-defendants Atkins and William Jones, who were charged with the August 1996 abduction, robbery and murder by firearm of Eric Nesbitt, a Langley Air Force airman...continue to full post

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