New York Lawyers Must Let Clients Nix Guilty Plea After Advice

New York Lawyers Must Let Clients Nix Guilty Plea After Advice

10.30.2019

By Melissa Heelan Stanzione

Bloomberg Law reported on NYSBA’s Ethics Opinion 1175 about clients wishing to withdraw a guilty plea. (may require subscription) 

Lawyers must respect a client’s wish to withdraw a guilty plea after having explained the risks in doing so, even if the withdrawal would result in a harsher sentence, according to the New York State Bar Association’s ethics committee.