The Lincoln Lawyer : A Novel (Hardback)
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Purchased this hardback edition from the QPB Club.
Book Description: Criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller's father was a legendary lawyer whose clients included gangster Mickey Cohen (in a nice twist, Cohen's gun, given to Dad then bequeathed to his son, plays a key role in the plot). But Dad also passed on an important piece of advice that's especially relevant when Mickey takes the case of a wealthy Los Angeles realtor accused of attempted murder: "The scariest client a lawyer will ever have is an innocent client. Because if you [screw] up and he goes to prison, it'll scar you for life."
Louis Roulet, Mickey's "franchise client" (so-called becaue he's able and willing to pay whatever his defense costs) seems to be the one his father warned him against, as well as being a few rungs higher on the socio-economic ladder than the drug dealers, homeboys, and motorcycle thugs who comprise Mickey's regular case load. But as the holes in Roulet's story tear Mickey's theory of the case to shreds, his thoughts turn more to Jesus Menendez, a former client convicted of a similar crime who's now languishing in San Quentin.
Connelly tellingly delineates the code of legal ethics Mickey lives by: "It didn't matter...whether the defendant 'did it' or not. What mattered was the evidence against him--the proof--and if and how it could be neutralized. My job was to bury the proof, to color the proof a shade of gray. Gray was the color of reasonable doubt." But by the time his client goes to trial, Mickey's feeling a few very reasonable doubts of his own.
Book Description: Criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller's father was a legendary lawyer whose clients included gangster Mickey Cohen (in a nice twist, Cohen's gun, given to Dad then bequeathed to his son, plays a key role in the plot). But Dad also passed on an important piece of advice that's especially relevant when Mickey takes the case of a wealthy Los Angeles realtor accused of attempted murder: "The scariest client a lawyer will ever have is an innocent client. Because if you [screw] up and he goes to prison, it'll scar you for life."
Louis Roulet, Mickey's "franchise client" (so-called becaue he's able and willing to pay whatever his defense costs) seems to be the one his father warned him against, as well as being a few rungs higher on the socio-economic ladder than the drug dealers, homeboys, and motorcycle thugs who comprise Mickey's regular case load. But as the holes in Roulet's story tear Mickey's theory of the case to shreds, his thoughts turn more to Jesus Menendez, a former client convicted of a similar crime who's now languishing in San Quentin.
Connelly tellingly delineates the code of legal ethics Mickey lives by: "It didn't matter...whether the defendant 'did it' or not. What mattered was the evidence against him--the proof--and if and how it could be neutralized. My job was to bury the proof, to color the proof a shade of gray. Gray was the color of reasonable doubt." But by the time his client goes to trial, Mickey's feeling a few very reasonable doubts of his own.
Another exciting read from Connelly! This was an interesting glimpse into the mind of a defense attorney and how, while viewed as scum by many of his peers, he might actually be serving justice afterall.
Journal Entry 3 by minerva1221 at Texans Credit Union ATM - Buckingham & Shiloh in Garland, Texas USA on Friday, August 10, 2007
Released 16 yrs ago (8/9/2007 UTC) at Texans Credit Union ATM - Buckingham & Shiloh in Garland, Texas USA
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RELEASE NOTES: Left on the inside counter.Released as part of BlueStocking88's 100 Wild Releases in 2007 challenge!
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I''m a college student with one week off before school starts and not much to do until then. I was on Amazon.com this morning trying to find some new authors to read before i headed up to the library to drop off some books and get some new ones. Michael Connelly was actually one of the authors I had written down before heading off. So it was a nice surprise when I found this book while depositing a check at my local bank atm. Pretty crazy coincidence. Trying to think of a good place to drop it off now.
CAUGHT IN GARLAND TEXAS UNITED STATES
CAUGHT IN GARLAND TEXAS UNITED STATES
