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Defendant in court attacks prosecutor with razor, and defense counsel cut trying to help her

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

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A drug defendant in federal court in Brooklyn attacked the senior drug prosecutor in court with a razor blade and his 72 year old criminal defense lawyer got cut trying to stop him. See the NY Daily News: Courtroom chaos as convict with razor attacks prosecutor, written in typical NYDN's style: A razor-wielding drug thug grabbed U.S. prosecutor Carolyn Pokorny in a headlock yesterday and slammed her to the floor at his sentencing in Brooklyn federal court. Victor Wright had Pokorny by the hair and seemed ready to wield the makeshift weapon when his lawyer and a court reporter leapt in to save her. "I think he was going to slash her throat," defense lawyer Harry Batchelder, 72, told the Daily News. "He fully intended to maim her."

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on March 14, 2008 (boomark / email).

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