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
| Quentin Reynolds - Biography & Autobiography - 1950 - 438 pages
...the lawyer. Canon No. 5 says that a lawyer is bound to undertake the defense of a person accused of a crime regardless of his personal opinion as to the guilt of the accused. If this were not so, innocent persons, victims only of sus358 picious circumstances, might be denied... | |
| American essays - 1927 - 984 pages
...significant and corroding because he is subjected to no sort of professional discipline or 1 ' It ia the right of the lawyer to undertake the defense of...suspicious circumstances, might be denied proper defense.' — Canons of Ethics adopted by the American Bar Association censure on account of it. The first judgment... | |
| Illinois State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1926 - 538 pages
...the American Bar Association, as adopted by the Illinois State Bar Association, expressly permit a lawyer to undertake the defense of a "person accused...his personal opinion as to the guilt of the accused; "since otherwise innocent persons, victims only of suspicious circumstances, might be denied proper... | |
| United States. Dept. of Defense - 1969 - 716 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 connection with the case, any ground of possible... | |
| Administrative law - 1949 - 520 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 connection with the case, any ground of possible... | |
| Administrative law - 1952 - 610 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 connection with the case, any ground of possible... | |
| United States. Dept. of Defense - 1951 - 682 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 connection with the case, any ground of possible... | |
| |