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Lawyer beats contempt for talking to own witness

A Suffolk circuit judge has acknowledged his normal witness-sequestration order went too far when he barred lawyers in a criminal case from consulting with their own trial witnesses. The decision exonerates Rebecca Colaw, a Suffolk criminal defense lawyer who had been charged with criminal contempt based on a brief discussion with her own witness in the ...

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