Legal & Judicial Ethics, 2011 Bar — Question 37

MULTIPLE CHOICE

After hearing in a sensational criminal case, counsel for the accused told television viewers how the judge unfairly ruled to stop his witness from testifying fully about certain aspects of the case that would help the accused. Counsel said that the public should know the injustice to which his client was being subjected. Can counsel be disciplined for his utterances? (A) Yes, because rather than defend the judicial system as was his duty, he attacked it. (B) No, since counsel did not use obscene language. (C) No, so long as counsel did not knowingly make false statements or act in reckless disregard of truth. (D) Yes, even if the judge may have actually made unfair rulings in the course of trial.

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