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Criminal Defense Attorney Jailed for Advising His Client to Assert his Fifth Amendment Rights

Filed under: Criminal Law, News Tags: , by Steven F. Fairlie @ December 11, 2011

At a recent arraignment in Michigan a young criminal defense attorney was held in contempt by the Judge for advising his client to assert his Fifth Amendment rights.  The Judge questioned the defendant, during the contentious arraignment, as to his drug use,  in order to set appropriate bail conditions.  However, the defendant’s attorney advised his […]

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