Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 16:07:17 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Texas offers a new definition of chutzpah . . .
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

"-- A Texas Death
Row inmate whose lawyer slept for long
portions of his murder trial will either
win freedom or a new trial, after the
Supreme Court refused to intervene
Monday.

The high court rejected an appeal from
Texas authorities, who argued that the
lawyer's inattention did not necessarily
equal an unfair trial.

http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/06/03/scotus.sleeping.lawyer.ap/index.html