Legal Question in Criminal Law in Arizona

Patient Rights at Trial

A patient of mine is facing trial. She has been advised to accept a plea bargain which I as her physician and her physical therapist deem inapproprite as she has had a recent stroke with a speech impediment as well as weakness. Please advice the direction to look for case law in support of our beliefs Thx --name removed--J.--name removed--M.D.


Asked on 5/28/08, 1:43 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Charles Aspinwall Charles S. Aspinwall, J.D., LLC

Re: Patient Rights at Trial

You can look online at Findlaw.com, but don't expect much help as physical disability is seldom a defense to the commission o a crime. Why isn't she talking this over with her lawyer?

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Answered on 5/28/08, 2:26 pm


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