Lawyers Hold Limited Arguments Over Whether Ethics Opinion in Missouri Can Be Released
St. Charles County Business Record › August 21, 2008
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Lawyers showed up at federal court Wednesday morning ready to argue about whether prosecutors have the right to compel Missouri ethics counsel Sara Rittman to produce an informal advisory opinion she issued to a criminal defense lawyer.
Timothy Braun was representing James Civey Sr. in St. Louis County on state charges of child molestation, attempted statutory rape, sexual exploitation of a minor and promoting child pornography when he received Polaroid photographs of a girl's genitals, according to state and federal court records.See the full content of this document
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Lawyers Hold Limited Arguments Over Whether Ethics Opinion in Missouri Can Be Released
He sought advice from Rittman before giving the photos to the St. Louis County prosecutor's office.
Braun's lawyer, John C. Maxwell, of St. Charles, said in...See the full content of this document
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