Lawyer who represented George Zimmerman arrested in Florida

[groundloop]

Source: ABC News

A central Florida defense attorney who briefly represented George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin case is accused of witness tampering in a juvenile rape case, sheriff’s officials said.

Hal Uhrig, who works for The Defense Group, was arrested Monday on charges of solicitation to commit perjury and witness tampering, Osceola County Sheriff Marcos López said during a news conference.

Uhrig, who represents a man accused of raping a child when she was 9, arranged a meeting with his client, the victim and her father, the sheriff said.

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“The attorney instructed the victim and her father that they should do three things. Write a declination, basically a letter, to the state attorney saying the rape didn’t happen; avoid being served with a subpoena so you don’t have to go to court to testify; (and) lie during your deposition and say the rape didn’t happen,” López said.



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The victim's family reported the meeting to the state attorney's office.

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Makes you wonder about Trevon's family's legal representation. nt

[ShazzieB]

5. Why would you wonder about that?

I don't understand this comment.

[OAITW r.2.0]

7. Point is - probably wrong - but maybe Trevon's lawyers should have probed Zimmerman's

lawyers' motivations?

[LisaL]

9. Motivation for what?

NT

[OAITW r.2.0]

10. A RW agenda? A legal defense that lets a white insecure moron go free people killing?

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[LisaL]

17. ????

How did you get that from reading the OP?

[Pepsidog]

18. You are correct I totally misread the post. I didn't see the last sentence which said that

the victim’s parent notified the State’s attorney. I deleted because you were absolutely correct in questioning my post. I will read more carefully next time.

[canetoad]

19. I doubt he represented

The Martins for long; by the time of the trial, Mark O'Mara was Z's lawyer.

[LisaL]

20. He never represented the Martins.

He represented Zimmerman for about one week early on.

[canetoad]

23. Thanks for correction

That is what I meant.

[LiberalFighter]

2. That should be 3 strikes and get disbarred permanently.

[marble falls]

3. Disbarment and some time would be good.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. .

[ShazzieB]

6. So the lawyer who got Zimmerman off scot free

for murdering Trayvon Martin is a crooked shyster slime weasel? Who'd have thunk it?

Color me not the least bit surprised.

[LisaL]

8. It's not the lawyer who got Zimmerman acquitted.

This guy (in the OP) "briefly" represented him, I am not even sure when.

[oasis]

11. You're right, it was Mark O'Mara who got G.Z. off. nt

[iluvtennis]

12. ++ agree, that's who the lead lawyer was. n/t

[LisaL]

16. The guy in the OP represented Zimmerman for seven days early on.

NT

[ShazzieB]

24. Oh, that's right!

I remember O'Mara, now that his name has been mentioned. He was a slime weasel, too!

EDITED TO ADD: Of course, the prosecutor in Zimmerman's trial did such a spectacularly shitty job that acquittal was almost a foregone conclusion. She acted like she was just going through the motions and didn't care if he was convicted or not.

That whole trial was an epic cluster fuck.

[Pepsidog]

14. This happens more than you think but probably not with child rape cases. How many other accusations

of sexual assault have you seen dropped by the State because the victim doesn’t want to pursue the charges after a civil settlement. Well, this is what it looks like, a lawyer, usually the victim’s lawyer tells the victim to refuse to cooperate with the prosecution by recanting, dodging subpoenas to go to court, and Writing letters to the prosecutor decline to cooperate. Happens all the time especially in domestic violence cases and money is usually the reason.

[LisaL]

15. That didn't happen here at all.

Victim's family reported the lawyer.

[obamanut2012]

21. Why would the victim's attorney tell their victim to help the defense???

No, this doesn't happen all the time. Witness intimidation and tampering happens more than people think, but not from the victim's side.

And, that didn't happen here anyway. The victim and her family reported it ASAP.

[Pepsidog]

22. I totally misread the post and deleted my response. I was suggesting that

victim’s of sexual assault who sue their attackers and receive a financial settlement will be instructed by their lawyer to stop cooperating with the prosecution or have a change of attitude about prosecuting their attackers. Basically criminal defendants paying off their victims to stop criminal prosecutions. I didn’t read the last sentence that said the victim’s parents notified the police of the defendant’s attorney pressuring them to not cooperate with the prosecution. In this case it was beyond crazy that the defendant’s lawyer pressured the victim and instructed the victim as to how to sabotage the prosecution’s case.