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Published on: 8/4/2008
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Royce Morris, president of the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, said there was nothing out of line about Cognetti's action.
"He's being a zealous advocate.A clever lawyer is going to be just that, clever, and obtain evidence that helps his client, whatever position that might be," Morris said."At the time it was done, it was within the bounds of the law and a zealous advocate is going to do whatever he can within the bounds of the law."
Morris said the proposed amendment to the Wiretap Act is reasonable as long as it is balanced.Both prosecutors and defense counsel should be on equal footing, he said.
"A lot of time when we're gathering evidence to defend a client, we want to be sure that it's an ex parte order," Morris said.