Legal Opinion
In Re Heriberto Medrano
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 16, 1992No. 91-8276PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Chief Judge:
Heriberto Medrano, an attorney at law, appeals an order disbarring him from practice in the federal district court for the Western District of Texas. Finding that the district court applied the wrong eviden-tiary standard we reverse.
Background
Robert Greig retained Medrano as his counsel in a criminal trial in the Western District of Texas. 1 Ernesto Vasquez, a codefendant, retained attorney Gary Cohen. Prior to the trial, Cohen complained to the trial judge that Medrano had twice met with Yasquez without his knowledge or permission. Cohen charged that Medra-no had…
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