Word: counsels
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Barnum once said you can't cheat an honest man, and in the same vein, you can't expose an honest politician. City Corporation Counsel Herbert W. Gleason '50 accused Garguilo of being politically motivated, and said she lacked an understanding of accepted business practices. With a staff of seven, the finance commission should be allowed a few errors because of sloppy work. And it has only erred on details, not substantive issues...
...blame for his difficulties. In the past, an accused criminal wishing to be his own lawyer-to act pro se, in legal terminology-had to convince a judge that he was competent to do the job. But in 1975 the Supreme Court held that the guaranteed right to counsel includes the defendant's right to be his own lawyer. Ruling in Faretta v. California, which concerned a man convicted of auto theft after his plea to defend himself had been denied, the high court said that Anthony Faretta should be retried and given the option of representing himself. Dissenting...
...Bizarre Defense. In a Chicago case, a burglary suspect stood at the counsel table, stared at the empty witness box and carefully asked a question. Then he darted to the witness chair, buttoned his jacket and waited for spectator giggles to subside before answering. Rushing back to the table, the man inquired of himself, "Where were you on the night in question?" After scurrying back to the dock, he replied, "Could you please repeat the question?" Unamused, the jury convicted him after deliberating all of two minutes...
Several of the bills now before the Senate Committee on Human Resources would establish national laws to take the place of local regulations, but the local laws would still hold if they were more stringent, Alan Fox, a counsel for the subcommittee that originally considered the bills, said yesterday...
...human situation which gave rise to the need for government intervention." Frustrated by the company's deliberate evasiveness, the NLRB is seeking to impose fines of $5,000 per day for continuing violations. Citing the company's "unfair labor practices of unprecedented flagrancy and magnitude," the NLRB's general counsel wants the ability to bypass several legal steps and go directly to an appeals court for a contempt order if the company fails to bargain...