WOW oh my gosh, I'm very nervous now as our private cousel has been under our case on this appeal for 7 months and still no brief has been written by him, I'm getting scared as our attorney we feel is PURPOSLY doing this out of spite because we haven't been able to pay him the rest we owe for almost a year. We can't seem to get him off of our case as we already filed PRO SE as indigent but then our private cousel put himself right back on our case!! He took our case down the first time, he didnt file anything he told us he would file, no motions for downward departures, no motion for pre trial investigation, no motion to suppress disposition, I have 20 more things. NOW the appeal time is going to be BARRED and he's screwing us on this too!? Help what do we do??! We want the appeal

If this is a Florida appeal, I would be happy to speak with you. Feel free to contact my office and I will go over your available options. If you are attempting to have private counsel removed from the case, you must file a motion with the appellate court to appear pro se. The court must grant that motion prior to you filing any other material on your own behalf. While represented, any pro se filings (other than a motion to appear as such), will be deemed a nullity and will not be considered. That said, I have never been witness to a case where a party was best served by representing himself. If you are truly having serious communication problems with your attorney, I would suggest that you seek out alternate counsel immediately.

Perfect, yes! We are in Fl, ill contact you soon. I just spoke with the very nice ladies at the 5th district of appeals but they couldn't offer much information! Thank you ! :)