What is the impact of prosecutors' attacks on defense attorneys?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Frederick, 78 F.3d 1370 (9th Cir. 1996):
In Bruno v. Rushen, 721 F.2d 1193 (9th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 920, 105 S.Ct. 302, 83 L.Ed.2d 236 (1984), we expressed our disapproval of prosecutors' attacks on defense attorneys. "Neither is it accurate to state that defense counsel, in general, act in underhanded and unethical ways, and absent specific evidence in the
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