A defense lawyer represents a defendant accused of murdering…
A defense lawyer represents a defendant accused of murdering his business partner. The defendant is out on bail and a jury was empaneled on a Friday before a Monday trial date. Over the weekend, the defendant informs his lawyer that he personally contacted all of the jurors and that he bribed two of them to vote his way and threatened another one to do so or else suffer the same fate as the murder victim. The lawyer reasonably believes that the defendant did in fact bribe and threaten members of the jury. Which course of conduct conforms to the Model Rules?
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