New York Law Journal: Very interesting case where the lawyer defending a client accused of sexually abusing a young girl had asked to withdraw on the grounds of revulsion -- spurred on by the lawyer's knowledge of a particular piece of evidence. The Second Circuit affirmed the conviction, holding that the trial court's denial of the motion to withdraw did not deprive the defendant of a fair trial.
The lawyer's withdrawal papers claimed that his success as a trial lawyer was largely due to his ability to convey his own personal sense of moral conviction to the jury and that once he lost that moral conviction he would just be "going through the motions." (Op., 16:9-20) I can see this case being useful in a PR class.