Comments on: Video: Las Vegas Attorney Shows Up Drunk in Court and Causes Mistrial in Kidnapping Case

By: rafflaw

rafflaw — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 05:49:41 +0000

Mespo,
I agree that the prosecution and job in this instance did the right thing. Hopefully, this is an example of the rule and not the exception.

By: mespo727272

mespo727272 — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 04:25:21 +0000

What I saw in this video was the best and the worst of the profession. The lawyer in question totally disregarded his client’s interests by trying to press on, and the Judge coolly and calmly made the record against letting a travesty occur. The prosecution did its job by confirming the facts it could and refusing to go forward against a defendant who had no effective defense. Imagine for a moment that an imminent surgeon had showed up hours late for a surgery with this explanation and a friend of 20 minutes with him for moral support. Would the hospital administrator have been so circumspect, curious, or deliberate in discovering the truth? Would the nurses have stepped in? For all of its flaws, the profession still values the client above all else even if,individually, all its members do not.

By: rafflaw

rafflaw — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:57:07 +0000

Substance abuse is a problem that affects every profession and it is very difficult to deal with. In a law school trial practice class, one of our judges for one of our trials, showed up about an hour late and drunk. He tried to claim that he was just under medication from an oral surgery. Our professor politely showed him the door. It was sad, but it was also a learning experience.

By: Bob, Esq.

Bob, Esq. — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:57:03 +0000

Seems like a metaphor for attorneys with a high proclivity for poor argumentation.

By: Titonwan

Titonwan — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:56:45 +0000

Mr Turley, is that the reason no one is prosecuting Bush? All of the House members (except a few, like Kucinich) have endured many head traumas? I’m only joking a little, here.