So, then it seems like the client’s best move in this scenario is to lie to you strategically, or at least omit information strategically. They could say “I know for sure you won’t find any fingerprints or identifiable face in the camera footage” and “I think my friends will confirm that I was playing video games with them”, and as long as they don’t actually tell you that’s a lie, you can put those friends on the stand, right?
Correct, there are indeed potential advantages to lying to your attorney under very specific and narrow circumstances. You also have to consider the risky gamble this presents because you can’t predict every aspect of the machinery. Maybe the jury never would’ve paid attention to the alibi aspect of the case, but if the alibi witnesses get exposed as liars by the prosecution, that alone could swing jurors from acquittal and towards conviction.
So, then it seems like the client’s best move in this scenario is to lie to you strategically, or at least omit information strategically. They could say “I know for sure you won’t find any fingerprints or identifiable face in the camera footage” and “I think my friends will confirm that I was playing video games with them”, and as long as they don’t actually tell you that’s a lie, you can put those friends on the stand, right?
Correct, there are indeed potential advantages to lying to your attorney under very specific and narrow circumstances. You also have to consider the risky gamble this presents because you can’t predict every aspect of the machinery. Maybe the jury never would’ve paid attention to the alibi aspect of the case, but if the alibi witnesses get exposed as liars by the prosecution, that alone could swing jurors from acquittal and towards conviction.