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Petty Attorney Bullshit

The receptionist was okay with me perusing their wardrobe, but the public defender herself came up and asked me who was going to get the clothes. Not just a public defender, but the public defender, the county official in charge of the office. She told me she would not let my client wear one of her office’s shirts because he “dissed” one of her lawyers. I got to spend a morning recess shopping for my client.

(Chandler, Arizona criminal-defense lawyer Matt Brown, Trial Reflections.)

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Mark Bennett got his letter of marque from the Supreme Court of Texas in May 1995. He is famous for having no sense of humor when it comes to totalitarianism.

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  1. Mickey Fox says:

    Kinda makes you wonder how ardently and diligently THE Public Defender defends her clients. I suppose (having been “dissed” MANY times in my practice) that there would be several clients who got less than stellar representation – at least based upon what is alleged…

    SAD.

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