Posted on 08/19/2005 1:06:12 PM PDT by SmithL
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A lawyer who specialized in defending drug suspects was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for manufacturing methamphetamine at a lab in his Mead Valley home.
Edward Holland Horowitz, 52, was convicted last month of six felony counts and two enhancements, Deputy District Attorney Mark Davison said. Superior Court Judge Judith C. Clark on Thursday sentenced Horowitz to 16 years and four months in prison.
"This is one of the more egregious lab cases that we've seen with regard to the position of the defendant," Davison said. "When you look at the case as a whole, there's really nothing unreasonable about the sentence."
His wife Kristina Rae Horowitz, 53, was convicted on the same charges by a separate jury and she was sentenced Thursday to 12 years and four months in prison.
The couple was convicted of manufacturing, possession and possession of methamphetamine while armed, as well as child endangerment, illegally disposing of toxic waste and being in possession of a firearm while under the influence of drugs.
The couple was arrested in 2002 after investigators found more than six gallons of solution containing methamphetamine at the family home.
Edward Horowitz was admitted to the California state bar in 1988, bar records show. He has faced disciplinary action several times and now faces possible disbarment, Davison said.
"I would be surprised if he is not disbarred. First of all, he's been convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude. Second, he can't practice law from prison."
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How appropriate.
Possible Disbarment?
Am I the only one that sees something horribly wrong here?
It should be Mandatory!
The article said he is/was a defense counsel, not a prosecutor.
It's only phrased that way because it's the state bar and not a trial court that will disbar him, and he probably hasn't been before the state bar on this violation yet. Like calling someone an "alleged" criminal until the trial verdict. I don't think there's any doubt that he'll be disbarred.
Just a little something from a grateful client
Effective Date Description Case Number Resulting Status Disciplinary and Related Actions 12/20/2002 Discipline w/actual suspension 02-PM-10675 Not Eligible To Practice Law 7/28/2002 Ordered inactive 02-PM-10675 Not Eligible To Practice Law 8/17/2001 Discipline, probation; no actual susp. 97-O-13078 3/12/2001 Ordered inactive 97-O-13078 Not Eligible To Practice Law 5/26/1998 Suspended, failed to pass Prof.Resp.Exam 95-H-14997 Not Eligible To Practice Law 4/25/1997 Discipline, probation; no actual susp. 95-H-14997 7/16/1994 Public reproval with/duties 93-O-15383 Administrative Actions 9/16/2004 Suspended, failed to pay Bar membr. fees Not Eligible To Practice Law 9/16/2002 Suspended, failed to pay Bar membr. fees Not Eligible To Practice Law 9/1/2001 Admin Inactive/MCLE noncompliance Not Eligible To Practice Law 9/1/2001 Suspended, failed to pay Bar membr. fees Not Eligible To Practice Law 9/27/1999 Suspended, failed to pay Bar membr. fees Not Eligible To Practice Law 7/21/1997 Suspended, failed to pay Bar membr. fees Not Eligible To Practice Law 7/31/1995 Suspended, failed to pay Bar membr. fees Not Eligible To Practice Law 7/25/1994 Admin Inactive/MCLE noncompliance Not Eligible To Practice LawWill he be disbarred for this drug conviction? Unlike other states, CA tends to be liberal here.
Unless it's shown that
Heck, if all this occurs before his release from prison, he might even represent some of his cellmates.
My... this is typical. Attorneys are propped by drug money. Drug dealers are very well defended, trouble makers welcome, attorneys are simply on the very top of the food chain when it comes to drug profit.
Is it not against professional ethics for a shyster to be brewing meth? Maybe that is not so in CA.
I didn't know Lawyers were required to have ethics of any kind. The only ethics most of them that I have known is loyalty to the person that will pay them the most money.
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