On 5 Nov 2004 16:43:46 -0800, funkyfreshjive@hotmail.com (denny)
wrote:
Last June I was assaulted by an ex-boyfriend of a girl who I was
dating at the time.... The girl and I broke things off 1 day prior to
the assault.... She ended up filing a restraining order against him
and I for no apparent reason, most likely so she could say that we
were both crazy that way she wouldn't look like a liar and a cheater,
which is exactly what happened....
the ex-boyfriend didn't show up to court so he was defaulted, I
however hired an attorney because her accusations were baseless and
absolutely untrue....
with restraining order enforced, her exboyfriend was a witness for her
and the cooraborated stories to try to make it look like her statement
was true.... however the case was thrown out.....
here's the part that gets me
after i was leaving the courtroom the exboyfriend stopped my attorney
to talk to him, which i thought was a little odd
turns out the attorney i used is representing him in his criminal
trial for the assault charges that i filed against him......
the assault was brought up in the restraining order case when the
exboyfriend was on the stand in order to show he was not a credible
witness, after all he admitted to hitting me on the stand and also
said he didn't like me....
so my question is, isn't this a conflict of interests? can an attorney
do this? i mean everything that happened in those 2 days(when the girl
and i split to the next day getting assaulted) was discussed between
my attorney and i... now he's representing someone that assaulted me
and could possibly use the attorney client privilige to his advantage
in defending the exboyfriend
i live in missouri not sure what the laws are regarding this
Contact the Missouri Bar and explain it to them:
http://www.mobar.org/public/pub-cmpl.htm
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Bob Stock, California Attorney
Nothing I've said should be relied on as legal advice.
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