Jussie must have had a clown crew for lawyers.
Sooner or later any competent Attorney would have told him to shut the fuck up.
They would have also advised him to not perjure himself.
Every defendant has the right to not testify, or testify. But once you do decide to testify, you can’t just get on the stand and lie.
Jussie should definitely be tried for perjury..
Originally Posted by Jackie S
The lawyer has a professional responsibility to the Court as an officer of the Court, but also to the licensing authority. Typically, if the lawyer knows that a client is going to testify under oath INconsistently with what the client has told the lawyer, then the lawyer's OBLIGATION professionally and as an officer of the court is to withdraw as the client's attorney PRIOR TO THE CONTRADICTORY TESIMOMY by the client.
One area in which most lawyers fail that obligation is in the circumstance in which through the representation the client has told the lawyer he/she "didn't do it" and then decides to take a plea deal in which the judge will ask the client a series of questions which typically include something like ... Are you pleaing guilty because you did it and you are guilty of doing it? That is sworn testimony different than the attorney was told. And the attorney needs to withdraw.
The reality of some of these high profile cases is the attorneyS are paid big bucks and they get big publicity (some not so good for them!) and that tends to make them overlook professional responsibilities and obligations. DA's and Assistant Da's do the same thing, as do LE.