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Stanford gets CJA counsel

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Stanford gets Kent Schaffer at taxpayer expense. See Laurel Brubaker Calkins and Andrew M. Harris, Stanford Gets Champagne Defense on Beer Budget as Public Pays, on Bloomberg.com: R. Allen Stanford, the Texas financier accused of leading a $7 billion fraud, will be defended by some of Houston’s most talented lawyers at taxpayer expense. U.S. District Judge David Hittner in Houston assigned Stanford’s case to the local Federal Public Defender on Sept. 15, after finding Stanford had no money for lawyers. Two days later, the judge approved the addition of private practitioner Kent Schaffer, whose clients have included a congressman, a rap entrepreneur, professional athletes and a Hollywood star. “Stanford is the luckiest guy in the criminal justice system,” said Brian Wice, a Houston lawyer who has tried cases with Schaffer...continue to full post

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on September 19, 2009 (boomark / email).