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matched or replaced. Alton Logan spent twenty-six irreplaceable years in prison for a crime he did not commit, while<br />

two lawyers were fully aware of it. Two lawyers who vowed to be “advocates for justice.”<br />

What Would You Do?<br />

In Matter of Kozlo~a, ~cli~en t, while consulting Kozlov on an<br />

unrelated legal matter, revealed that a juror in a highly publicized<br />

criminal trial, in which the defendant was convicted, boasted of<br />

his prejudice towards the defendant. The juror had stated to the<br />

client that he purposefully remained silent during voir dire in<br />

order to get even with the defendant.<br />

In People u. Sulli~an,9an~ attorney retrieved a box for his client<br />

containing three handguns used in a previous robbery. The<br />

attorney used his client's claim check to obtain the box. He<br />

testified in the trial of the robbery concerning the identity of the<br />

guns, but refused to disclose his client's identity.<br />

In Colman v. Heidenrei~ha,n~ ~attorney was informed by his<br />

client, while counselling him on an unrelated matter, that a female<br />

friend of his was the hit-and-run driver who had injured an<br />

Indiana track star. Michael Tabereaux was currently being tried<br />

for that crime. The attorney's client asked that neither name be<br />

disclosed to the authorities. Colman, the attorney, revealed this<br />

information to the prosecutor, who in turn told the defendant. The<br />

defendant was granted a hearing on this matter and called Colman<br />

as a witness.<br />

http://www.law.ua.edu/pubs/jlp/files/issues_files/vol08/vol08art11.pdf

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