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    Code of Legal Profession Rule 10

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    A lawyer must be candid and fair in all dealings with the court and other lawyers. This includes not misquoting evidence, testimony, or arguments. A lawyer should not cite authorities that have been overturned or statutes that have been repealed. It is also unprofessional to mislead the court or jury by withholding positions in opening arguments or introducing irrelevant evidence solely to get it admitted through arguments.

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    A lawyer must be candid and fair in all dealings with the court and other lawyers. This includes not misquoting evidence, testimony, or arguments. A lawyer should not cite authorities that have been overturned or statutes that have been repealed. It is also unprofessional to mislead the court or jury by withholding positions in opening arguments or introducing irrelevant evidence solely to get it admitted through arguments.

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    A lawyer must be candid and fair in all dealings with the court and other lawyers. This includes not misquoting evidence, testimony, or arguments. A lawyer should not cite authorities that have been overturned or statutes that have been repealed. It is also unprofessional to mislead the court or jury by withholding positions in opening arguments or introducing irrelevant evidence solely to get it admitted through arguments.

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    Candor and fairness- CODE OF LEGAL ETHICS The conduct of the lawyer before the court and with other lawyers should be characterized by candor and fairness. It is not candid nor fair for the lawyer knowingly to misquote the contents of a paper, the testimony of a witness, the language or the argument of opposing counsel, of the language of a decision or a textbook; or with knowledge of its invalidity, to cite as authority a decision that has been overruled or a statute that has been repealed, or in argument to assert as a fact that which has not been proved, or in those jurisdictions where a side has the opening and closing arguments to mislead his opponent by concealing or withholding positions in his opening argument upon which his side then intends to rely. It is unprofessional and dishonorable to deal other than candidly with the facts in taking the statements of witnesses, in drawing affidavits and other documents, and in the presentation of causes. A lawyer should not offer evidence which he knows the court should reject, in order to get the same before the jury by arguments for its admissibility, nor should he address to the judge arguments upon any points not properly calling for determination by him. Neither should he introduce into an argument, addressed to the court, remarks or statements intended to influence the bystanders.

    CANON 10 - A LAWYER OWES CANDOR, FAIRNESS AND GOOD FAITH TO THE COURT.

    Rule 10.01 - A lawyer shall not do any falsehood, nor consent to the doing of any in Court; nor shall he mislead, or allow the Court to be misled by any artifice. Rule 10.02 - A lawyer shall not knowingly misquote or misrepresent the contents of a paper, the language or the argument of opposing counsel, or the text of a decision or authority, or knowingly cite as law a provision already rendered inoperative by repeal or amendment, or assert as a fact that which has not been proved. Rule 10.03 - A lawyer shall observe the rules of procedure and shall not misuse them to defeat the ends of justice.

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