Montgomery Appointed New Attorney:
The public defender assigned to alleged cop killer Demeatrius Montgomery has stepped down citing conflict of interest…
Jean Lawson, an attorney from the Mecklenburg County Public Defenders Office, was assigned to the case just days after Montgomery was charged.
Jail records show Lawson spoke with her client at the Mecklenburg County jail several times, and even had a conversation that lasted more than an hour. But Lawson’s request to withdraw cites two North Carolina state rules about lawyer conduct, including one that says a lawyer should not represent a client if that representation will hurt another client.
I wonder if her client’s testimony would hurt Montgomery or the other way around.
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