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Attorney Withdraws as Professor's Counsel
CHICAGO (AP) -- A partner in the prominent Chicago law firm of Sidley Austin has withdrawn from representing Northwestern University journalism professor David Protess in a court battle with Cook County prosecutors.

The Chicago tribune reports Attorney Richard O'Brien didn't say Friday why he was stepping down as counsel, but told a judge he had been incorrect when he previously said all the promised documents had been turned over to prosecutors.

The case stems from an investigation by Protess and his students aimed at exonerating Anthony McKinney in a 1978 murder case. Prosecutors said they found the evidence unconvincing.

The case drew national attention when prosecutors subpoenaed the students' grades, private e-mails and Protess' syllabus. They said they wanted to investigate whether the students may have skewed their findings to get a good grade, a claim Protess and his students have denied.

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