Misbehavior By Prosecutors
If your lawyer seeks a rarefied atmosphere in which to practice law, s/he is misguided to think s/eh will find it in Virginia trial courts, which often feel like the law of the jungle has invaded. Take these two examples, for instance. A lawyer told how his opposing lawyer walked to the lawyer’s counsel table, showed him one of the opponent’s exhibits, and walked away with a smile on his face, knowing that the opposing counsel had laid an SBD (silent but deadly-smelling flatus). Another lawyer related that an opposing lawyer in objecting at sidebar to an exhibit from his opponent, started marking with a pen on his opponent’s exhibit while right before the judge. Maybe the lawyer exhibiting such misbehavior did not realize what he was doing. Maybe he intended to draw a foul from his opposing attorney...