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1998-10-28 - Re: MIB Subponeas

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From: “Jon ‘tex’ Boone” <tex@isc.upenn.edu>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
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From: "Jon 'tex' Boone" <tex@isc.upenn.edu>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 20:24:49 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: MIB Subponeas
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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
tex@isc.upenn.edu                   (215) 898-2477

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