Chicago Criminal Lawyer’s Blog

I was in a branch court a while ago and was amazed at the ignorance of the young prosecutor.  I was waiting in line to talk to the prosecutor to discuss my client’s matter when I overheard a young prosecutor.  The criminal defense attorney asked for an offer for a plea agreement.  The defense attorney asked to look at the reports before he could recommend a plea agreement to his client.  Maybe the prosecutor is unaware but a attorney has an ethical obligation to at least look at the reports before she can recommend a plea agreement to her client.  On this day I was amazed when I heard the prosecutor say “No, you can subpoena them if you want.”  The government and judges complain about cases being on the call to long.  This attorney then had to set the matter for trial in order to be entitled to discovery in order to help dispose of his client’s case.  What a shame?

Prosecutors, we defense attorneys are not asking for those secret reports that are full of Brady material that you don’t want to show us. Rather we just want to be able to tell our client the facts as are alleged by the government.  We want to represent our clients ethically.

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