Judge: Prosecutor’s Lie Will Not Derail Indictment Against Defense Attorney

A federal money-laundering case against a Georgia lawyer is raising ethics questions for both sides of the bar. A pretrial hearing last week explored how far prosecutors and agents were willing to go to secure the indictment of attorney J. Mark Shelnutt. During testimony, a federal prosecutor acknowledged he had lied to Shelnutt, and federal agents testified they enlisted at least one defense attorney as an undercover informant to elicit evidence that might be used to prosecute Shelnutt.