[104747] in Cypherpunks
Re: MIB Subponeas
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon 'tex' Boone)
Wed Oct 28 07:16:19 1998
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: "Jon 'tex' Boone" <tex@isc.upenn.edu>
Date: 28 Oct 1998 06:57:32 -0500
In-Reply-To: Tim May's message of Tue, 27 Oct 1998 12:42:36 -0800
Reply-To: "Jon 'tex' Boone" <tex@isc.upenn.edu>
Tim May <tcmay@got.net> writes:
>
> * What about lawyer expenses? I know the line about "If you cannot afford one,
> one will be appointed for you," but I've never understood what test of
> "afford" is being used. If called before a grand jury, will they pay for a
> lawyer? (E.g., if I decide I can't "afford" to pay some shyster to interpret
> their legalese into ordinary English.) (I assume there is some nonsense
> about indigence, but can they force someone to prove he has no money? What
> if he money, but he needs that $5000 for school tuition more than he needs
> to give it to Johnny Cockroach for a day's worth of shystering?)
Tim,
It is my understanding, from my brother in law (who is a practicing attorney
in Pennsylvania) and from my sister's participation in a case in Texas that
one does not have the right to have legal counsel present at a Grand Jury
session.
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Jon 'tex' Boone Senior Network Engineer
ISC Networking University of Pennsylvania
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