Can A Lawyer Defend A Man When The Lawyer’s Daughter Is A Witness For The Prosecution?
A man is being charged with vehicular manslaughter and leaving the scene of a crime. He hit a taxi while drunk, killing the driver and Girl A. Girl B was in the taxi and suffered injuries. The defendant hired Girl B’s father (defendant didn’t know it was her father) as a lawyer and the father accepted because this is the kind of case that would make his career. His daughter lives at home with him, is over 21 and is a witness for the prosecution. Can he legally defend this man? Or is this scenario impossible?
Can A Lawyer Defend A Man When The Lawyer’s Daughter Is A Witness For The Prosecution?
A man is being charged with vehicular manslaughter and leaving the scene of a crime. He hit a taxi while drunk, killing the driver and Girl A. Girl B was in the taxi and suffered injuries. The defendant hired Girl B’s father (defendant didn’t know it was her father) as a lawyer and the father accepted because this is the kind of case that would make his career. His daughter lives at home with him, is over 21 and is a witness for the prosecution. Can he legally defend this man? Or is this scenario impossible?