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PA lawyer convicted of stealing money from a drug dealer

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

The Legal Profession Blog has a post about a lawyer convicted of stealing $20,000 from a drug dealer client filing a motion for new trial based on Internet postings by one of the jurors reflecting bias. The post references a news article not linked, but here, from September 9th, Judge finds no wrongdoing by jury, because the internet post was from an alternate who did not deliberate: No juror acted improperly during the trial of disgraced attorney Daniel L. McCaughan, a Common Pleas Court judge ruled. The attorney for McCaughan, of West Chester, contended that a juror hearing the case had disobeyed instructions not to independently research the case or discuss it with others outside the jury room. Authorities alleged McCaughan had stolen almost $20,000 from the family of a drug dealer he was representing...continue to full post

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on September 25, 2009 (boomark / email).