Do You Have The Right To Plead Not Guilty When Your Lawyer Disagrees?
The Supreme Court hears arguments in a case in which the defendant's lawyer told the jury he was guilty over the defendant's explicit objection.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in a case with a surprise plot twist: The jurors were told that the accused was guilty of a triple murder — not by the prosecutor, but by the defense lawyer.
"There is no way reasonably possible that you can listen to the evidence and not come" to that conclusion, he said.
In an effort to avoid the death penalty, the defense lawyer refused to follow the instructions of his client, who contended that he was innocent. The question before the
