UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tony Davis BALLARD, Defendant-Appellant

How courts have described this case

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• finding the crime-fraud exception applicable where the attorney refused to participate in intended illegality and so advised the defendant
• showing of intentional delay for tactical purposes required for claim of violation of due process.
• denying a Sixth Amendment speedy-trial claim because, among other things, the defendant had not “pointed to any lost evidence or witnesses with faded memories”
• permitting an attorney to reveal otherwise privileged communications when defending himself against charges of improper conduct
• “The privilege for communications between client and attorney ceases when the purpose of the privilege is abused, when the lawyer becomes either the accomplice or the unwitting tool in a continuing or planned wrongful act.”
• “Notice pleading does not suffice for appellate briefs.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).