[Clinging Bitterly]

Sounds like a talk show host trying to get people all het up - but that's what they do.

Any idiot knows an attorney's job is to win for the client, regardless of his opinion of that client. If I were a defendant, I'd expect nothing less. Indeed, a court would not (or rather should not) tolerate an attorney who tried to throw a case against his client - that essentially amounts to a defendant unwillingly testifying against himself, and there is a firmly entrenched protection from that hereabouts.

I see no cause to bitch here. There are plenty of legitimate arguments to equate attorneys with pond scum, but this isn't one of them. He did his job and everything worked out as expected - no harm, no foul.

Dave in Eugene

[John H K]

Yep.....

If a defense attorney got up in court and said "all right, I know my client is guilty...." and then refused to present a defense...

Said defense attorney would never get a client again. If you were accused of a crime (guilty or not) would YOU hire the guy?

Frankly amazes me that people are so incredibly stupid not to be able to think though the implications of defense attorneys not defending people they know or suspect to be guilty, and how it wouldn't work.

[Wil H]

Any idiot knows an attorney's job is to win for the client, regardless of his opinion of that client.

Correct, his opinion should not color his judgement, but we are not talking about OPINIONS, we are talking about FACTS, and if the the attorney knows for a fact that his client is guilty he should recuse himself. If he is an appointed public defender he should ak the Judge to release him.