Posted by april gilbert on 10/13/06

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Our attorney just abandoned us to go on vacation, out of
state, during delibertation of a murder trial, without
letting anyone including the courts know.... Stating he
tought the trial would be over (mind you the trial was
alot shorter then they had expected) so how could he even
think it would been over. anyways I would like to know
how common is this, and dont you feel like this left a bad
immpression on the jurors as to what he thought of his
client. Is there some recourse we could take... PS he
ended up getting 1st degree murder, for accidently killing
his best friend. Never been in any kind of trouble whats
so ever, no record, white, not a gang memeber. We were
told there are alot of reasons to request a retrial. Is
that the same as an appeal, and doesnt that take along
time. Thank for any feed back

Laywer abandons client during deliberation, 10/13/06, by april gilbert.

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