Defense attorneys asked for a mistrial Tuesday in the case of a woman accused of killing a young foster child because a prosecutor’s law license had been suspended for months before the trial began. There was no immediate ruling from the presiding judge.
Joshua Weintraub, the prosecutor who gave the opening statement in the trial of 66-year-old Geralyn Graham, was notified in August by The Florida Bar that his license to practice law was suspended due to failure to meet continuing legal education requirements. But Weintraub participated anyway in numerous hearings, depositions, jury selection and the trial’s opening this week.
