Lawyer Stock-Fraud Case Tossed Due to Withheld Evidence
Submitted by LawWench on Tue, 2008-05-13 03:08.
Withholding evidence — particularly that which is potentially exculpatory — is a big no-no. Just ask the Nevada U.S. attorneys office. In the case of Daniel Chapman and Sean Flanagan, two lawyers charged in 2003 for a complex securities trading scheme, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of all 64 [...]
