Legal Opinion
United States v. Basham
District Court, C.D. Illinois
Decided January 11, 2013No. Case No. 10-CR-20084-2PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MICHAEL P. McCUSKEY, District Judge.
An attorney may not drop one client like a “hot potato” in order to avoid a conflict with another, more remunerative client.1
Suppose a criminal defense attorney represents an individual accused of a heinous crime. The attorney negotiates the plea bargain in an exemplary fashion, and so the defendant receives 19 1/2 years in prison rather than life. Several months later, the defendant (now prisoner) hears over the prison public address system that he has a legal phone call. Thinking that it is his attorney keeping tabs on him, perhaps with a plan to…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Wheat v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Nix v. WhitesideSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Alfred B. Freeman v. Chicago Musical Instrument Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by1 opinion
- United States v. Michael CosciaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2021