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You have a good point. Even if you set aside all the stuff about the client and the lawyer disagreeing, if your only strategy was ruled legally inadmissible the
by philipodonnell 9y ago
You have a good point. Even if you set aside all the stuff about the client and the lawyer disagreeing, if your only strategy was ruled legally inadmissible then you did a pretty poor job, whether it was your client's idea or yours.
- Bartweiss 9y agoCertainly the duty of care ought to be in full force when one is acting against a clients wishes. Ignoring an illegal defense in favor of a legal one might be reasonable; ignoring an unlikely defense in favor of an illegal one looks like a clear absence of assistance of counsel.