Lawrence George Teeter (December 12, 1948 – July 31, 2005) was an American lawyer best known for representing
Sirhan Sirhan, the man convicted of assassinating
Robert F. Kennedy, from 1994–2005.
Teeter signed on as Sirhan's lawyer in 1994 and repeatedly tried to get a retrial for his client in order to clear his name. However, he was unsuccessful in doing so right up to his death.
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Besides Sirhan's case, Teeter also handled other cases, without charging a fee for many of them. In 1982, Teeter unsuccessfully defended
Norma Jean Almodovar from a three-year state prison term for
pandering, arguing that the 1982 law specifying the sentence was unconstitutional, an argument that was refused by the
California 2nd District Court of Appeal.
In 2002, he helped a group submit legal opposition to a planned redesign of
Los Angeles'
Hollywood Bowl
The Hollywood Bowl is an amphitheatre in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It was named one of the 10 best live music venues in America by ''Rolling Stone'' magazine in 2018.
The Hollywood Bowl is known for its distin ...
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However, the redesign proceeded and the Bowl was reopened in 2004.
Teeter died in
Conchitas, Mexico of advanced
lymphoma.
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Deaths from lymphoma
1948 births
2005 deaths
Deaths from cancer in Mexico
Lawyers from Los Angeles
20th-century American lawyers