Jailhouse Lawyer Probed for Legal Help

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Source: Chicago Tribune

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A prison law clerk who convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a fellow inmate's case is being investigated by South Carolina authorities for practicing law without a license, the prisoner's attorney said Tuesday.

Lawyer Rauch Wise confirmed the state attorney general's office informed him last week they were investigating Michael Ray, a federal inmate in South Carolina. The Associated Press received a letter from Ray last week in which he claimed state authorities were investigating him.

Ray helped fellow inmate Keith Lavon Burgess appeal his conviction for possession of crack cocaine with the intent to distribute. In the appeal, which the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on March 24, Burgess is arguing that a prior drug conviction prosecutors used to get him the 20-year minimum prison sentence shouldn't have applied because it was a misdemeanor instead of a felony.

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Ray, who is a member of the American Bar Association and certified paralegal, earns 29 cents an hour for his work but charges no other fees for his services, Wise said.

Chicago Tribune

Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-jailhouse-lawyer,1,5365319.story

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This appears to be an act of suppression. More and more each day, we discover that we are losing the right of action against unlawful conduct of corporations. Now, if we learn enough law to help each other, we will be charged?

[DeSwiss]

1. What a bunch of maroons....

I don't believe they'll go forward with a case because they'll be clearly shown for the asshats that they are when they lose the case. Before long, someone will no doubt pick up a law book or get some Cliff Notes and discover what dumb move this is, and then they'll deny everything. What jerks they've got to be to be wasting the states time on such utter bullshit. Just like at Ft. Sumpter, they've shot their wad to soon and didn't understand what they were getting into.

But I really liked this quote from the article though:

"With no disrespect to Henry & Company up in Columbia, I think somebody may quite possibly have missed the year in law school covering the Constitution and federal law," Ray, 42, wrote. "Anyone who knows me already knows that I certainly love a challenge."


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DeSwiss

- K&R!!!

[pattmarty]

2. What can anyone say? Just UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!