31 July 2003
Lawyer Troubles:
(1) You just aren't supposed to have sex with your client. And you especially aren't supposed to have sex with your client while he's in jail.
(2) A prosecutor caused a mistrial "by asking a Polk County sheriff's detective to testify about Carr's unwillingness to discuss the death of Robin Ridgeway." Anyone who's done even a little criminal work would realize that this is over the line so the public defender has asked for the judge to find that a new trial would be double jeopardy. From what little is in the article it sounds like he may be right. A prosecutorial mis-step, whether reckless or calculated, should probably lead to double jeopardy in just about any case unless it can somehow be tied to something the Defense has done.
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