 It is the right of the lawyer to undertake the defense of a person accused of crime, regardless of his personal opinion as to the guilt of the accused; otherwise innocent persons, victims only of suspicious circumstances, might be denied proper defense.  Naval Justice - Page 268by United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel - 1945 - 599 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1919 - 806 pages
...of Crime. — It is the right of the lawyer to undertake the defense of a person accused of erime, regardless of his personal opinion as to the guilt...persons, victims only of suspicious circumstances, might he denied proper defense. Having undertaken such defense, the lawyer is hound hy all fair and honorahle... | |
 | Burnett, Howard D. - Bar examinations - 1922 - 438 pages
...behalf of an accused person whom he believes to be guilty? Give reasons for answer. Answer 596. Yes. It is the right of the lawyer to undertake the defense...crime, regardless of his personal opinion as to the guiit of the accused; otherwise innocent persons, victims only of suspicious circumstances, might be... | |
 | Douglas Horton - Conduct of life - 1924 - 300 pages
...guilty. Modern legal ethics has it that "it is the right of a lawyer to undertake the defense of any person accused of crime, regardless of his personal opinion as to the guilt of the accused." Which is the better way? 2. Should a man obey a law he believes to be unjust? 3. Is the popular feeling... | |
 | Georgia Bar Association - Bar associations - 1925 - 446 pages
...ask to be excused for any trivial reason, and should always exert his best efforts in his behalf. 5. The Defense or Prosecution of Those Accused of Crime....regardless of his personal opinion as to the guilt o/ the accused; otherwise innocent persons, victims only of suspicious circumstances, might be denied... | |
 | Carl Frederick Taeusch - Business ethics - 1926 - 392 pages
...defense of cases. Canon 5 of the code of ethics of the American Bar Association states the following: The Defense or Prosecution of Those Accused of Crime....accused; otherwise innocent persons, victims only 80 See page 30. of suspicious circumstances, might be denied proper defense. Having undertaken such... | |
 | Iowa - 1926 - 694 pages
...to be excused for any trivial reason, and should exert his best efforts in such prisoner's behalf. It is the right of the lawyer to undertake the defense of a person accused of a crime, regardless of his personal opinion as to the guilt of the accused; otherwise innocent persons,... | |
 | Iowa - 1926 - 710 pages
...to be excused for any trivial reason, and should exert his best efforts in such prisoner's behalf. It is the right of the lawyer to undertake the defense of a person accused of a crime, regardless of his personal opinion as to the guilt of the accused ; otherwise innocent persons,... | |
 | United States. War Department - Courts-martial and courts of inquiry - 1927 - 362 pages
...accused by all honorable and legitimate means known to the law. It is his duty to undertake the defense regardless of his personal opinion as to the guilt of the accused; to disclose to the accused any interest he may have in or in connection with the case which might influence... | |
 | Bar Association of the State of Kansas - Bar associations - 1908 - 770 pages
...ask to be excused for any trivial reason, and should always exert his best efforts in his behalf. 5. The Defense or Prosecution of Those Accused of Crime....accused; otherwise innocent persons, victims only of supicious circumstances, might be denied proper defense. Having undertaken such defense, the lawyer... | |
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