re: If You Were Accused Of A Crime And Couldn't Afford A Lawyer....

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was suspicious of a murder years back and had to get a lawyer. Craziest experience I have ever had. The lawyer helped me in ways I could have never done without him

Get one if you are even a suspect. Dont say shite to the police until you do.

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you're not going to post this and just leave

Our local public defender lawyers are all experienced criminal trial lawyers.

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I was suspicious of a murder years back and had to get a lawyer. Craziest experience I have ever had

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I've seen the way you post. I could believe it.

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I was suspicious of a murder years back and had to get a lawyer. Craziest experience I have ever had. The lawyer helped me in ways I could have never done without him

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The night i got drug in and questioned on a double homicide coincided with my arrest warrant being served for cultivation. My attorney was heading to the end of the year bar gala, where he was the honoree for that year. So i fought that interview solo, despite his insistence. He did get my firearm returned to me after it cleared fdle labs. I was still on felony probation I did walked out of a police station, cuffed in front, and retrieve a loaded firearm during a murder interview worst idea I've ever heard of in my life, totally thought i was being setup for execution.

Many PD's are dedicated to their jobs and do it to truly help those who can't afford representation. Many others do it because they didn't have any other option. It's luck of the draw.

Why did you stop making up that you had friends that this happened to with your threads?

Apply for court-appointed counsel. I practice in Kansas, so I don't know the structure of courts where you are located, but many states follow an appointment structure where if you are charged with a felony, you get someone from the public defender's office. If you are charged with a traffic or misdemeanor offense, you get a contract attorney (i.e., someone in the local bar who has agreed to be court appointed counsel in such matters).

Most public defenders are good criminal defense attorneys. Indeed, the public defender's office in most places is the professional criminal defense firm--that's all they do. Typically, the public defender's office is going to have its finger on the pulse of the most recent developments in criminal law. The drawback is that they're young and busy. They have virtually no control over their caseload, they're always stuck in jury trials, always meeting with clients at the jail when they're not in court. And there is a lot of turnover. One plus that these folks have is that they're typically supervised by someone with extensive trial experience (who is also extremely busy).

The misdemeanor court-appointed attorney is typically experienced, but just as busy. Because if you're on a local contract, you have your own practice plus you're the person who gets called in to handle involuntary commitment cases, child neglect emergency hearings, juvenile offender cases, etc. These are overly busy people who are also limited in their opportunities to dig deep into a single case. The upside: experience. They know the judges (probably used to be law partners with a few of them), they know the prosecutors, and they know the community.

Either way, they're both better options than many private attorneys, and they're exponentially better than hiring someone who rarely walks into a criminal court. So, if you're going to hire someone, you better make sure that their primary practice is criminal law and that they have a lot of experience.

I hope im on your jury

you're getting the chair...


no a different one


you piece of shite