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DBR ON CONWAY

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DAILY BUSINESS REVIEWAttorney who pleaded guilty to disparaging remarks about a judge says they fall under protected speech"Fort Lauderdale criminal defense attorney Sean Conway agreed he was in the wrong when he called a controversial Broward judge an ?evil, unfair witch? and ?seemingly mentally ill? two Halloweens ago. But following the intervention of the state Supreme Court, Conway is attempting to get his conditional guilty plea tossed on the basis that the First Amendment protected his comments...(His attorney) Wrubel said Conway was exercising a freedom exulted by founding father James Madison, and the court should reject his client?s guilty plea and dismiss the Bar complaint. In an interview, Conway said he pled guilty out of concern for the outcome in his case...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on July 16, 2008 (boomark / email).