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Criminal

May 5, 2006

Challenging the Limits of Advocacy

SANTA ANA - Criminal defense attorneys have an ethical duty to zealously represent their clients, and that zeal often ramps up in high-publicity trials. But this month, an Orange County judge will be asked to decide whether a defense lawyer can go too far and push his vigorous representation into illegal activity.

By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SANTA ANA - Criminal defense attorneys have an ethical duty to zealously represent their clients, and that zeal often ramps up in high-publicity trials.
      But this month, an Orange County judge will be asked to decide whether a defense lawyer can go too far and push his vigorous representation into illegal activity.
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