Appellate Division, First Department at 27 Madison Ave. (Photo by David Handschuh/NYLJ) Criminal Defense Lawyer Who Unwittingly Smuggled Scalpel Blade, Pot to Client Gets Six-Month Suspension
The lawyer, Justin Levine, has maintained he did not know the blade or loose marijuana was in the cigarette pack, which he had been given by a friend of his criminal client, and the Appellate Division, First Department considered that there was no evidence he knew of the additional items when meting out its discipline.
November 04, 2021 at 06:47 PM
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Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
A Manhattan criminal defense attorney who smuggled to his client a pack of Newports that also contained a scalpel blade and marijuana—secreted items he said he didn't know were in the pack—has been suspended for six months from practicing law.
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