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Federal Court Digest: David York defends role in Mobile steroids case
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[SIZE=-1]The former U.S. attorney in Mobile last week fired back at the government's efforts to remove him and his law partner from their representation of a medical professional charged with dispensing steroids.
Prosecutors have argued that David York has a conflict of interest because he oversaw the creation of a task force that investigated the steroids case.
Prosecutors also want to remove York's partner, Christ Coumanis, on grounds that he previously worked in a law firm that represented a doctor who has pleaded guilty to steroids charges.
York and Coumanis argue that both should be allowed to remain on the case. The law requires a former prosecutor to recuse himself only if he has been "personally and substantially" involved in the prosecution, they wrote.
That is not the case, the defense motion states. York stated that he does not recall giving any advice or direction to the task force and does not recall his client, Jesse Haggard, even being a target of the probe at the time.
Haggard is one of a dozen defendants named in an indictment alleging the distribution of steroids outside acceptable medical practice. Mobile-based Applied Pharmacy Services Inc. allegedly produced steroids that were shipped all over the country.
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[SIZE=-1]al.com (blog)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The former U.S. attorney in Mobile last week fired back at the government's efforts to remove him and his law partner from their representation of a medical professional charged with dispensing steroids.
Prosecutors have argued that David York has a conflict of interest because he oversaw the creation of a task force that investigated the steroids case.
Prosecutors also want to remove York's partner, Christ Coumanis, on grounds that he previously worked in a law firm that represented a doctor who has pleaded guilty to steroids charges.
York and Coumanis argue that both should be allowed to remain on the case. The law requires a former prosecutor to recuse himself only if he has been "personally and substantially" involved in the prosecution, they wrote.
That is not the case, the defense motion states. York stated that he does not recall giving any advice or direction to the task force and does not recall his client, Jesse Haggard, even being a target of the probe at the time.
Haggard is one of a dozen defendants named in an indictment alleging the distribution of steroids outside acceptable medical practice. Mobile-based Applied Pharmacy Services Inc. allegedly produced steroids that were shipped all over the country.
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