Irving Kanarek
American lawyer
Irving A. Kanarek (May 12, 1920[1] – September 2, 2020) was an American criminal defense attorney. He was best known for representing Charles Manson and "Onion Field" killer Jimmy Lee Smith.[2][3] During the course of the trial he was jailed twice by Judge Older for contempt of court. In his summation, Bugliosi dubbed Kanarek "the Toscanini of Tedium."[4]
Kanarek was born in Seattle. He attended the University of Washington as an undergraduate and Loyola Law School. He was admitted to the California Bar in 1957.[5]
Kanarek died on September 2, 2020 in Garden Grove, California at the age of 100.[6]
References
change- ↑ Parsons, Dana (October 25, 1998). "Barred From World He Loved, Just Getting By Is a Trial". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, CA. Retrieved September 28, 2009.
- ↑ Sutton, George Paul (2006). History of liquid propellant rocket engines. Reston, Virginia: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. p. 40. ISBN 978-1-56347-649-5.
- ↑ US 2760845, Irving A. Kanarek & Paul E. Friebertshauser, "Stabilized Fuming Nitric Acid", published 1956-08-28
- ↑ Bugliosi, Vincent; Gentry, Curt (1974). Helter Skelter. USA: Bantam Books. p. 549. ISBN 0553022229.
- ↑ "Attorney Search". State Bar of California. Retrieved September 28, 2009.
- ↑ Irving Kanarek, Lawyer Who Defended Charles Manson, Dies at 100
Other websites
change- The Charles Manson Trial: Other Key Figures Archived 2002-08-04 at the Wayback Machine
- American Bar Association The Compleat Lawyer article on Kanarek Archived 2006-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Kaufman v. The Superior Court of Orange County, No. G020180 on the docket of the Fourth Appellate District, Division Three (Word DOC)