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Simels gets 14 years for conspiracy to tamper with witnesses

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Criminal defense lawyer Robert Simels of NYC gets 14 years for conspiracy to harm witnesses. Remarkably, the judge dismissed the case against his associate. She was also convicted by the jury. See NYTimes, NY Daily News, Bloomberg.com. The Times is poignant: Countless times in his 35 years as a lawyer, Robert M. Simels faced a judge in the fretful moments before sentencing. In his 20s, Mr. Simels spent those minutes across from public servants he had pursued as a young prosecutor charged with rooting out corruption in the justice system. Later, as a pugnacious defense lawyer who relished sparring with prosecutors, he sat next to a drug kingpin, a pro football player, a crooked bank manager. Somewhere along the way, in the gray zone between advocacy and unethical behavior, Mr...continue to full post

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on December 05, 2009 (boomark / email).