Criminal
Mar. 3, 2015
Attorneys usually cannot reveal much when clients flee, experts say
When a criminal defendant flees, he certainly doesn't make things easier for himself in the courtroom. But what happens to his attorney? That question came up in a recent wire fraud case.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO When a criminal defendant flees, he certainly doesn't make things easier for himself in the courtroom. But what happens to his attorney? That question came up in a recent wire fraud case, when the defendant fled the federal courthouse in San Francisco.
The man, Luke D. Brugnara, was alone with his lawyer, Erik G. Babcock, on a furlough from jail. Though he was accused of refusing ...
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