Court: Lawyer must honor client's wish to maintain innocence
WASHINGTON (AP) " The Supreme Court says a lawyer for a criminal defendant cannot override the defendant's wish to maintain his innocence at trial. That's so even if the lawyer's aim is to avoid a death sentence for his client.The justices ruled 6-3 Monday in favor of Louisiana death row inmate Robert McCoy. He repeatedly objected to his lawyer's decision to acknowledge that McCoy killed the son, mother and step-father of his estranged wife in 2008.Lawyer Larry English said the [...]
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