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Lawyer Takes Falcon Punch From Client -- All Caught On Tape

It's like a benchslap, but much worse.

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Vladimir Gagic was hired by the public defender’s office to represent Lamont Payne on assault charges stemming from an alleged beatdown Payne delivered to a corrections officer while already in jail. When Payne grew irritated with the first day of jury selection, he decided to take a swing at his lawyer and clocked him one.

If Payne was this testy during jury selection, one imagines he’ll be really salty when the jury comes back with a verdict.

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