Legal Opinion

United States v. George

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided July 30, 2014No. 12-2373PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMPSON, Judge.

Overview

We write today about the curious case of Robert George, a criminal-lawyer-turned-convict. Our story — which we narrate in the light most favorable to the government, see United States v. Acosta-Colón, 741 F.3d 179, 191 (1st Cir.2013) — starts in a Massachusetts town, sometime in early 2009. Standing in line to buy coffee at a Dunkin’ Donuts, George bumped into ex-con Ronald Dardinski. The two went back a ways. George had represented Dardin-ski in a couple of criminal proceedings. And Dardinski had wanted George to represent him in another criminal matter too, a larceny…

2Cases cited41 opinions

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