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Jeff LichtmanPeter, I think because the stakes are different in the criminal context sometimes the decision whether or not to follow a lawyer's advice might be a bit heavier as well. I'm not suggesting that anytime a client disagrees with me I would quit the case -- that happens every day. But there are certain very crucial decisions that if a client just refuses to follow advice and I feel that it will destroy the represenation and the result, I would rather not be involved than to watch the Titanic go down. Plus, if a lawyer and a client are at such odds on such an important criminal issue, it's probably for the best that the client get a lawyer who is more in tune with him on the chosen legal path.