Can a prosecutor attack a defense counsel's ethics or integrity?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Dunham v. Shiff, Case No.: 18cv0863 GPC (LL) (S.D. Cal. 2019):
A prosecutor may not attack defense counsel's ethics or integrity "absent specific evidence in the record." Williams v. Borg, 139 F.3d 737, 745 (9th Cir. 1998) (citing
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