Search
Advertisement

Los Angeles News

| Digg | Facebook | E-mail | Print
Jan 9, 2008 10:50 am US/Pacific

Pellicano To Serve As Own Lawyer In Wiretaps Trial

LOS ANGELES (AP) ―

A federal judge has reluctantly allowed Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano to take over as his own lawyer in his upcoming trial on charges of illegally wiretapping celebrities.   

Los Angeles U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer told Pellicano on Wednesday that the private eye was making a bad decision but he said he was required by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling to allow him to do so if he insisted.

Pellicano's lawyers said later that his motivation was to save them from having to represent him for free in a lengthy trial after the judge refused to appoint them at court expense.

(© 2008 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

From Our Partners

Video

You need the latest Flash player to view video content.
Click here to download.

Click here to bypass this detection if you already have the latest Flash Player.

Los Angeles News

Top News Stories

Advertisement

© MMVIII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.