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Asked about 2 years ago - Tacoma, WA
Flagi got a court ordered attorney and she is not explaining a dang thing to me all she wants to do is plea and she trys to scare me into if i did not take the plea the public defender says i will do a year. when i told her i got a person that they are saying i was doing identity theft against to come forth and speak all she wanted to do was say to me she dont want to argue with me so its what ever i want to do its not her that will be doing the time so i need to no how do i get an attorney that will fight for me and argue in my defense i no i am guilty on one count and that is i did find a purse it was on the bench by itself i waited for at least 5 min no one came so i picked it up found 32 bucks and a coin purse so i took that and tossed out the purse at the end of parking lot i did not stil
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It sounds as though your chances would be better if you retained a private attorney.
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You have the right to take your matter to trial. In addition, your public defender has a professional obligation to respect your wish to take the case to trial if that is what you want to do.
However, a plea agreement can often result in much less time served than if you take the matter to trial. The two biggest factors here are your criminal record and the strength of the evidence in the case. Before you say no to a plea agreement, think about the case from the prosecutor's perspective. What can (s)he prove at trial?
If you are still convinced the public defender is not acting in your best interests, ask the judge to appoint someone else.
Good luck!
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If you can afford to hire a lawyer, you should do so. If not, at the next court hearing, ask to address the court about your attorney, explain the situation to the judge, specifically noting that you want to try the case and the attorney is not cooperating. Ask the judge to appoint you a different attorney. If the judge refuses, ask again at the hearing date following that.
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