Legal Opinion
United States v. Myong Hwa Song
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 21, 1990No. 89-2453PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Per curiam
Myong Hwa Song was convicted and is serving time, her application for bail pending appeal having been denied. Her trial lawyer, Robert D. Truitt, filed the appeal in July 1989 and prosecuted the application for bail. Sung Jin Kim joined the team as an additional lawyer in August 1989. Two weeks later we allowed Truitt to withdraw, leaving Kim as Song’s sole representative.
Between August 1989 and January 1990 Kim did nothing to assist Song, filing neither a brief nor an application for an extension of time. On January 24, 1990, we issued an order requiring Kim to show cause why he should not…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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