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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Yes, but I don't think there's any shame in copying those. You can copy the language in a brief, too, but you should use quotation marks to show that the words are someone else's, and if you don't do that then you are hiding that fact.
I think the two are related. Flynn pleaded guilty and then started making a bunch of silly arguments to try to get out of it. Sullivan ripped him a new one for the original crime, and can't be happy to be wasting his time on the more recent stupidity.
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One can also simply rewrite the argument. I avoid briefing as much as possible, but where its necessary, if I find a chunk of text in a brief that makes my argument, I'll usually want to bend it to my writing style anyway, so it'll be changed. I also hate string cites, so I'll usually yank a bunch of those. If you're just lifting straightaway, you're a lazy ass. (Sorry, Hank.)
I've only had one client try to undo a plea. It worked out very badly for that person. Flynn's counsel seem to be doing him a disservice along the lines of that being done to Lori Loughlin by her lawyers.
