Well,
here’s
a
sentence
you
never
want
to
read
about
someone
who
took
an
oath
to
uphold
the
law:
An
Alabama
attorney
has
been
charged
with
three
counts
of
attempted
murder
for
allegedly
trying
to
kill
her
husband
with
fentanyl.
Not
once.
Not
twice.
But
three
separate
times.
The
attorney
in
question
is
Sara
Baker,
who
has
now
been
hit
with
the
sort
of
charge
list
that
reads
like
someone
shook
the
criminal
code
and
let
everything
fall
out:
conspiracy
to
commit
murder,
attempted
murder
(in
triplicate),
distribution
of
a
controlled
substance,
elder
abuse,
and
domestic
violence.
Authorities
say
Baker
began
plotting
in
September,
despite
being
married
to
her
husband
—
former
Auburn
football
player
Doyle
Baker
—
for
almost
30
years.
Doyle
had
suffered
a
stroke
a
few
years
ago,
and
Sara
was
his
caregiver,
yet
according
to
court
documents,
she
served
her
husband
fentanyl
“for
a
purpose
other
than
lawful
medical
or
therapeutic
treatment.”
The
attempts
reportedly
came
in
quick
succession,
on
September
4,
September
12,
and
September
20.
And
despite
everything,
Doyle
survived,
though
prosecutors
say
he
suffered
“physical
impairment”
as
a
result.
Even
veteran
Alabama
attorneys
are
stunned.
As
fellow
lawyer
Will
League
put
it,
“It’s
just
sad
…
that
someone
has
gone
that
far
and
is
willing
to
go
to
those
lengths
to
do
something,
you
know,
especially
when
they
know
all
the
consequences
of
the
laws.”
Which
is
polite
Southern-lawyer
speak
for:
What
in
the
actual
hell?
But
there’s
an
extra
lawyerly
twist.
One
of
Sara
Baker’s
clients,
Felisha
Nichole
Cofield,
was
charged
with
tampering
after
allegedly
swallowing
fentanyl
she
thought
might
tie
her
to
the
plot.
Cofield
is
listed
as
a
witness
in
the
criminal
complaint
against
Baker.
Kathryn
Rubino
is
a
Senior
Editor
at
Above
the
Law,
host
of
The
Jabot
podcast,
and
co-host
of
Thinking
Like
A
Lawyer.
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