State Bar & Bar Associations,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Criminal
Feb. 22, 2022
Former ‘Suge’ Knight attorney agrees to lifetime disbarment
Matthew P. Fletcher pleaded guilty to felony perjury and conspiracy to obstruct justice in the midst of jury deliberations.
Matthew P. Fletcher, one of rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight's many former attorneys, has pleaded guilty to felony perjury and conspiracy to obstruct justice, agreeing to five years of probation and lifetime disbarment.
"Although we, the prosecution, were confident that the jury was going to convict defendant Fletcher, we were seeking both a lifetime disbarment and finality," Deputy District Attorney Phillip R. Stirling said Friday in...
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