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Appellate Practice

Feb. 9, 2001

Court Scolds Lawyers for Slow Death Row Appeals

SACRAMENTO - The state Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a San Francisco lawyer to withdraw from a death penalty case after she told the justices she was "paralyzed" by the anxiety of being the sole lawyer working on the appeal and was unable to continue.

By Hudson Sangree
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SACRAMENTO - The state Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a San Francisco lawyer to withdraw from a death penalty case after she told the justices she was "paralyzed" by the anxiety of being the sole lawyer working on the appeal and was unable to continue.
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