What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Louisiana
My son was indicted on a very serious charge. He was first arrested in Feb of 2009, released on bond. He was not indicted until Dec, 2009 on a different charge and was rearrested. His original bond was forfitted even though he missed no court date and was at work where he was suppose to be at the time of rearrest. When going for a bond hearing is when he learned that he had a public defender ever since the first arrest. He had not seen nor spoke to this public defender in all this time. When he attempted to speak with this public defender on the day of court to be indicted, he was told by this public defender to shut up. He has yet to have a conversation with this public defender concerning his case. He has now been in jail for almost 3 months. I personally was at his bond hearing and indictement hearing and on both occasions I witnessed the public defender very "friendly" with the district attorney and treated each of the defendents that this person was assigned to defend with obvious distaste complete with eye-rolling and "get-a-load-of-this guy" hand gestures to the D. A. I was very taken aback with the actions of someone that is suppose to be defending my son. It looks as though the manner is guilty until you and only you prove yourself innocent. Where do we go from here? How do we fight small town justice and boss hog mentality?
My son was indicted on a very serious charge. He was first arrested in Feb of 2009, released on bond. He was not indicted until Dec, 2009 on a different charge and was rearrested. His original bond was forfitted even though he missed no court date and was at work where he was suppose to be at the time of rearrest. When going for a bond hearing is when he learned that he had a public defender ever since the first arrest. He had not seen nor spoke to this public defender in all this time. When he attempted to speak with this public defender on the day of court to be indicted, he was told by this public defender to shut up. He has yet to have a conversation with this public defender concerning his case. He has now been in jail for almost 3 months. I personally was at his bond hearing and indictement hearing and on both occasions I witnessed the public defender very "friendly" with the district attorney and treated each of the defendents that this person was assigned to defend with obvious distaste complete with eye-rolling and "get-a-load-of-this guy" hand gestures to the D. A. I was very taken aback with the actions of someone that is suppose to be defending my son. It looks as though the manner is guilty until you and only you prove yourself innocent. Where do we go from here? How do we fight small town justice and boss hog mentality?