Bailey made the cover of Time in the late '70s for defending Patty Hearst

Francis Lee Bailey, best known as F. Lee Bailey (born 1933), is a American lawyer. He served as a defense lawyer in the Sam Sheppard re-trial, the court martial of Captain Ernest Medina, and the infamous O. J. Simpson trial. This image is a TIME magazine cover. ... This image is a TIME magazine cover. ... Patricia Campbell Hearst, better known as Patty Hearst (born February 20, 1954), now known as Patricia Hearst Shaw, is an American newspaper heiress and socialite. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A lawyer is a person licensed by the state to advise clients in legal matters and represent them in courts of law (and in other forms of dispute resolution). ... Dr. Samuel Holmes Sheppard (1923 – April 6, 1970) was a American osteopath [1] involved in a famous wrongful conviction. ... Ernest Lou Medina was a captain in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. ... O.J. Simpsons mugshot, taken in 1994 Orenthal James Simpson (born July 9, 1947 in San Francisco, California), publicly known by the initials O.J., and nicknamed The Juice, was a Hall of Fame former college and professional football player and film actor. ...

Bailey has also had a number of visible defeats, legal controversies, and personal trouble with the law. In spite of his difficulties, Bailey still has a reputation for being on the most successful defense attorneys in American legal history.

Education and military service

Bailey earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard College. He joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1952, and received his aviator wings in 1954. He served as a jet fighter pilot and a legal officer. He was discharged in 1956. Bailey received his law degree from Boston University, where he was first in the graduating class of 1960. Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... Boston University is a private university located in Boston, Massachusetts. ...

Notable cases

Dr. Samuel Sheppard

In 1954, Dr. Sam Sheppard was found guilty in the murder of his wife Marilyn. (The case was believed to be the basis for the Fugitive television series (1963-1967) and the 1993 movie.) F. Lee Bailey was hired by Sheppard's son to help in his father's appeal. In 1966, F. Lee Bailey successfully argued before the U.S. Supreme court that Sheppard had been denied due process, ordering a re-trial. Bailey won a not-guity verdict for Sheppard. This case established Bailey's reputation as a skilled defense attorney and was the first of many high profile cases. Dr. Samuel Holmes Sheppard (1923 – April 6, 1970) was a American osteopath [1] involved in a famous wrongful conviction. ...

"Boston Strangler"

While defendant Albert DeSalvo was in jail for the "Green Man" sexual assaults, he had confessed his guilt in the "Boston Strangler" murders to Bailey. Bailey sought to arrange a deal for DeSalvo to avoid the death penalty in the Strangler murders, in exchange for his confession. Bailey used DeSalvo's murder confession to argue an insanity defense in the sexual assault case. However, DeSalvo was found guilty. The Boston Strangler is the pseudonym given to a serial killer active in Boston, Massachusetts (United States) in the early 1960s. ...

Captain Ernest Medina

Bailey successfully defended U.S. Army Captain Ernest Medina in his 1971 court martial for responsibility in the My Lai incident (Vietnam war). Ernest Lou Medina was a captain in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. ... A court-martial (plural courts-martial) is a military court that determines punishments for members of the military subject to military law. ... Photographs of the My Lai massacre provoked world outrage and became a national scandal. ... The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the National Liberation Front (NLF, or Viet Cong) against the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam), and its allies — notably the United States military in support of...

Patty Hearst

The case of Patty Hearst, newspaper heiress who had been kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), was one of Bailey's most notorious defeats. Legal analysts have said Bailey presented a very poor case. His medical and psychiatric expert witnesses gave inconsistent testimony, weaking the insanity defense. His closing argument to the jury was short and weak, leading to the speculation that he was either exhausted or intoxicated at the time. Hearst was found guilty and received the maximum sentence. Patricia Campbell Hearst, better known as Patty Hearst (born February 20, 1954), now known as Patricia Hearst Shaw, is an American newspaper heiress and socialite. ... The Symbionese Liberation Army was an American group that was considered a revolutionary vanguard army and was a proponent of radical leftist ideology. ...

Hearst later wrote that she believed that it was his closing argument that lost the case. It appeareed that he had been drinking — his hands were shaking, his face was flushed, and his statements to the jury were rambling and incoherent. Hearst later sued Bailey for inadequate representation, claiming that his attention was diverted by his working on a book deal at the time. He had accepted the Hearst case with the stipulation that he get the book rights and that Hearst not write her story for at least 18 months after the publication of his book.

O.J. Simpson

Bailey joined the O.J. Simpson defense team just before the preliminary hearing. Bailey held numerous press conferences to discuss the progress of the case. In a press conference prior to his cross-examination of Mark Fuhrman, Bailey said, "any lawyer in his right mind who would not be looking forward to cross-examining Mark Fuhrman is an idiot." His cross-examination of Fuhrman is considered by some to be the key to Simpson's acquittal. O.J. Simpsons mugshot Orenthal James Simpson (born July 9, 1947 in San Francisco, California), publicly known by the initials O.J., and nicknamed The Juice, is a Hall of Fame former college and professional football player and film actor. ... Mark Fuhrman (born February 5, 1952) was a detective in the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) who found the bloody glove that linked O. J. Simpson to the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson. ...

Controversies

Bailey's visible public profile has come both as a result of the cases he has taken and for his own personal actions. In 1970, Bailey was censured by a Massachusetts judge for “his philosophy of extreme egocentricity,” noting that disbarment wouldn’t be a bad idea. Bailey has been disbarred thrice — in 1971, the State of New Jersey barred him from practice for one year; and in 2001 in the state of Florida, with reciprocal disbarment in 2002.^[1][2] The Florida disbarrment was the result of his handling of stock in the DuBoc marijuana case. In March 2005, Bailey filed to regain his law license in Massachusetts. 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Official language(s) None defined, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 47th 22,608 km² 110 km 240 km 14. ... State nickname: Sunshine State Official languages English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush (R) Senators Bill Nelson (D) Mel Martinez (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 22nd 170,451 km² 17. ...

In 1982, Bailey was convicted of driving while intoxicated (DWI) in San Francisco. A later arrest on DWI charges was successfully defended by Robert Shapiro. Drunk driving (drink driving in the UK) or drinking and driving is the act of operating a motor vehicle after having consumed alcohol (i. ... Robert Leslie Shapiro (born September 2, 1942 in Plainfield, New Jersey), is a high-profiled attorney who is most notable for being part of the defense team which successfully defended O. J. Simpson from the charges that he murdered his ex-wife Nicole and Ronald Goldman in 1994 (the trial...

The IRS determined that he underpaid his 1990 and 1992 taxes and placed a $200,000 lien against him.

Wrongful death suit - Flight 007

In 1983, Korean Air Flight 007 was shot down by the Soviet interceptors. Bailey represented the families of the passengers in a wrongful death suit. When he accepted that case, he agreed to "work full-time as required" on the case. However, in five years, while charging full-time legal fees, he worked only 97 hours on pretrial preparation, compared with 6,311 hours worked by the two other law firms. The families sued Bailey for misrepresentation. In his defense, Bailey argued that he had to move to Florida so his wife could be near her ailing parents, and thus he could not assist the families. In 1993, a federal court ordered Bailey to return some of money to the families. Korean Air Flight 007, also known as KAL 007 or KE007, was a Korean Air civilian airliner shot down with all on board by Soviet jet interceptors on September 1, 1983 just west of Sakhalin island. ... State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Socialist republics/ Communist state Area  - Total  - % water Largest on the planet 22,402,200 km² ?% Population  - Total  - Density 3rd before collapse 293,047,571 (July...

1994 DuBoc case

In 1994, while the O.J. Simpson case was in trial, Bailey and Robert Shapiro represented Claude DuBoc, an accused marijuana dealer. However, in a plea bargain agreement with the U.S. Attorney, DuBoc agreed to turn over his assets to the U.S. Government. His assets include a large block of stock in BioChem, worth approximately $6 million at the time of the plea deal. When the government sought to collect the stock, it had increased in value to $20 million. Bailey claimed he was entitled to the appreciation in payment of his legal fees and refused to turn over the stock to the government. In 2000, he was jailed for contempt. After forty-four days, Bailey agreed to relinquish his claim to the stock and he was freed.^{[3] [4]} Robert Leslie Shapiro (born September 2, 1942 in Plainfield, New Jersey), is a high-profiled attorney who is most notable for being part of the defense team which successfully defended O. J. Simpson from the charges that he murdered his ex-wife Nicole and Ronald Goldman in 1994 (the trial...

Publications

Bailey has authored a number of books, including three best selling non-fictions books:

• The Defense Never Rests (with Harvey Aronson), Stein & Day, 1971. ISBN 081281441X (analysis of the Sam Sheppard case)

• For the Defense, Atheneum, 1975. ISBN 068910667X

• Cleared for the Approach: In Defense of Flying (with John Greenya), Prentice-Hall, 1977. ISBN 0131366637

• Secrets, 1977. (fiction)

• How to Protect Yourself Against Cops in California and Other Strange Places, 1982.

References

• McGunagle, Fred. "The Murder of Marilyn Sheppard", Crime Library: Criminal Minds and Methods, . Court TV. Accessed December 28, 2005

• Bardsley, Marilyn. "The Boston Strangler - Albert DeSalvo or not?" , Crime Library: Criminal Minds and Methods, . Court TV. Accessed December 28, 2005

• "Biography for F. Lee Bailey, defense attorney for Ernest Medina", University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School. accessed December 28, 2005

• Ramsland, Katherine. Chapter 4: The Controversial Trial, in "Hearst, Soliah and the S.L.A.", Crime Library: Criminal Minds and Methods, Court TV. Accessed December 28, 2005

• ^ Florida disbarment ruling appeal, April 6, 2002.

• ^ Massachusetts reciprocal disbarment, 2002. Accessed December 28, 2005

• ^ "O.J. Simpson Trial: F. Lee Bailey", University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. Accessed December 28, 2005

• "F. Lee Bailey mounts a comeback: Celebrated trial attorney bids to regain law license", Associated Press, March 10, 2005.

• ^ Respondant's Brief, Case No. SC96767, The Florida Bar v. F. Lee Bailey. Accessed December 28, 2005

• F. Lee Bailey profile. Accessed December 28, 2005

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