[Illbay]

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...

He doesn't have to do that, and you know it. He can go to the judge, in chambers, and ask to be removed from the case on the grounds that he cannot in good conscience provide the client with adequate representation because the client is morally reprehensible to him.

O'Reilly has pointed out numerous times that this is a part of the legal code of ethics--but people are too busy making snide remarks like yours to hear it.

[spqrzilla9]

O'Reilly has pointed out numerous times that this is a part of the legal code of ethics--but people are too busy making snide remarks like yours to hear it.
O'Reilly is misrepresenting the ethical rule in question. As are you.

An attorney cannot use this rule to avoid representing guilty parties. There would be no defense counsel left.

[Brytani]

A defense lawyer can also go to the judge and say "I have reason to believe my client is guilty of the crime as charged and because of this knowledge I am unable to defend him" then ask to be removed from the case. That would be the ethical thing to do and what Feldman should have done.