United States v. Harvey Birdman, United States of America v. William Richman

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• recognizing that a prosecutor’s position as a government attorney may artificially enhance his credibility as a witness
• holding that the attorney’s presence is authorized under Rule 6(d) as that of a “witness” on the one hand and as an “attorney for the government” on the other
• recognizing that “justice must satisfy the appearance of justice”
• recognizing that “justice must satisfy the appearance of justice”
• echoing disapproval, stated repeatedly by other courts, of the practice of serving as both prosecutor and witness
• explaining the dangers of a lawyer acting as both advocate and witness before a grand jury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).