example: Casey Anthony.
If the client does "tell the whole story" to defense attorney is he then obligated to tell authorities? What is the norm? I mean is it custom that lawyers DO ask their client for the truth? Thanks for your time.
laughter_every_day
In the u.s, anything a client tells a lawyer is priviledged and will not be revealed. The exception involves future crimes, not past crimes.
Songbyrd JPA ✡ Jewish Lawyer
No. The reason is a defense attorney cannot suborn perjury. So if a client says I stabbed him 10 times. Then wants to testify, the attorney cannot act as in belief if he says on the stand he never did it. Then, in closing, the attorney cannot argue the lie to the jury.
An attorney needs to not know what actually happened. For then the attorney does not know for sure the attorney is lying to the jury. Now if he does tell the attorney the whole story, the Attorney/Client relationship keeps the attorney from telling anyone what he/she was told.
maxmom56
A client is under no obligation to tell her lawyer the truth. Many lawyers are trained never to ask "did you do it."
A defendant is NEVER obligated to tell ANYTHING to the authorities. A defendant always retains their 5th amendment right against self incrimination.
mega-moma
Where I currently work, the attorney doesn't ask. He states his job is to ensure the client gets the best possible representation, so they get a fair trial.
Most of the time the evidence turned over to us by the A.D.A. Is overwhelmingly convincing to prove guilt. We just try to keep the client from being ambushed at trial, getting into a position that could have been prevented, and to try and get them what is a fair sentence.
fah-q
a good lawyer doesn't care......and a degenerate client will lie anyway.....and it doesn't matter anyway. if the best option is to go to trial the defendant won't testify anyway.....for instance....mike tyson had one charge pending when, against the advice of counsel he spoke to the grand jury and came out with 3 charges...
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