defense counsel

Ahead of Wednesday’s sentencing, García Luna’s defense counsel sought to avoid a life sentence by comparing his case to other prominent foreign officials convicted of narco-corruption.

Following two independent investigations into allegations of prosecutorial misconduct, suppression of material evidence, and a history of inadequate defense counsel, Oklahoma’s Attorney General took the bold step of confessing to constitutional error in the case and supporting a new trial.

"The vast majority, if not virtually all, of these post-conviction relief efforts start with motions by defense counsel, and they end up relying on different legal arguments, and they have to be able to show that there's new evidence that might be really relevant that wasn't considered."

Shannon Frison, a defense counsel for Ozy, denied the government’s allegation that Mr. Watson had told an investor about a $600 million takeover offer from Google, calling the claim “unequivocally untrue,” in a statement on Friday.

So it is with Trump’s New York conviction for falsifying business records — “mere pieces of paper,” in the words of his thwarted defense counsel.