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Ok, So my sister is being charged with a felony(wounding charge) from a domestic dispute against her BF...and currently she is sitting in jail..we're trying to work out getting her a bond until her actual prelim. hearing in a month....But the courts have given her a lawyer. Right now, we(our family) don't have the money to hire a private lawyer...Mostly b/c my parents had to hire a family lawyer a week ago, to try to get custody of my sister's child...This pending charge against my sister was definitely in self-defense, and we have numerous witnesses that can testify on her behalf of what her BF has done to her for the past year...
Now we're worried about how well this court-appointed lawyer is going to iron out all the intricate details that are needed to defend my sister, and if he'll spend the x-tra time to make a really good case with the info we're giving him...Ive heard that if a person uses these types of lawyers, they almost always get a higher sentence b/c they don't do a good job...Does anyone have any input? have you had success with them or complete disasters?
And if anyone knows this...what's the difference b/t court-appointed lawyers and public defenders? I was trying to do some google searching and some sites say they are the same, and others say, they are different??What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
Ok, So my sister is being charged with a felony(wounding charge) from a domestic dispute against her BF...and currently she is sitting in jail..we're trying to work out getting her a bond until her actual prelim. hearing in a month....But the courts have given her a lawyer. Right now, we(our family) don't have the money to hire a private lawyer...Mostly b/c my parents had to hire a family lawyer a week ago, to try to get custody of my sister's child...This pending charge against my sister was definitely in self-defense, and we have numerous witnesses that can testify on her behalf of what her BF has done to her for the past year...
Now we're worried about how well this court-appointed lawyer is going to iron out all the intricate details that are needed to defend my sister, and if he'll spend the x-tra time to make a really good case with the info we're giving him...Ive heard that if a person uses these types of lawyers, they almost always get a higher sentence b/c they don't do a good job...Does anyone have any input? have you had success with them or complete disasters?
And if anyone knows this...what's the difference b/t court-appointed lawyers and public defenders? I was trying to do some google searching and some sites say they are the same, and others say, they are different??What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?