Word: morrisonism
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...real "tiger in the tank" that keeps the club active is Todd Morrison '81, club president, who began in 1977 to rebuild the team, which had been defunct for three years. Ron Kayten, director of the recreational gymnastics program, said yesterday. Floyd Wilson, director of intramurals and club sports, yesterday praised Morrison's "tremendous energy and drive" which has enabled him to build a team...
Cucinotta calls Morrison "Hazel's case," but it is his too. Charged with selling heroin, Hazel Morrison, a black woman of 35, hired Cucinotta to represent her for $200. But before he could, two federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents went to Morrison's home. They were blunt: "Your lawyer is going to make an ass out of himself, and you too," said one. Get rid of Cucinotta, they urged, and help the DEA finger a bigger pusher in return for leniency. If she refused, they said, she could expect a "stiff sentence" from the judge, who "hates black...
...Morrison refused and called Cucinotta. He stormed off to court. The agents had so grossly violated Hazel's right to counsel, he argued, that the charges should be dropped. At first the agents denied any wrongdoing. But Cucinotta tricked them. On a table he placed two tape cassettes marked with the name of one of the agents. Thinking-wrongly-that Cucinotta had taped their talk with Hazel, the agents grudgingly told the truth...
...Cucinotta's surprise, his appeal succeeded: the charges against Morrison were thrown out, on grounds that her right to counsel had indeed been violated. Since the remedy was unusual and drastic, the Supreme Court decided to review the case. This meant that Cucinotta would be defending not just Hazel Morrison but also a key principle: the sanctity of the attorney-client relationship...
...first step after hearing from the Supreme Court is to write a brief urging it to uphold the appeals court's decision. He searches for precedents supporting his case, but finds few; his 45-page brief tells how the DEA and the prosecutor tried to pressure Morrison and him. The Government has also filed a brief, which Cucinotta studies before writing his. He scribbles indignant notes in the margins. To the Government's claim that it can control its agents without court interference, Cucinotta quips, "Like Herbert Hoover?" (He means J. Edgar Hoover, the late FBI director...