United States v. Richard Harrington

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Richard Harrington is a former client of the well-known Chicago-based criminal defense lawyer Beau Brindley, who last year was acquitted in a bench trial presided over by Judge Leinenweber of the Northern District of Illinois of charges that Brindley had encouraged Harrington, a drug dealer, and other clients to lie on the stand during their criminal trials. Harrington managed to elude conviction in his own trial, but having pleaded guilty to other charges was sentenced by Judge St. Eve, also of the Northern District of Illinois, to 264 months in prison, subsequently…