WHAT DO U DO IF U HAVE A PUBLIC DEFENDER THATS NOT HELPING YOU. WHEN YOU HAVE INFORMATION ON A CASE BUT NO ONE WOULD TALK TO YOU

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   Noah Pines

   Atlanta Criminal Defense Attorney

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   Answered July 09, 2012 08:19. Sounds like you should hire your son his own lawyer.

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   James B. HernanPro

   Roswell Criminal Defense Attorney

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   Answered July 09, 2012 08:28. You should consider hiring a local attorney to substitute for the public defender. If that is not an option, your son could try to tell the jailer that he needs to speak to his attorney and request that the public defender visit him. Hopefully, your son is able to make calls from the jail.
   
   He may also want to send a letter to the attorney with the same request (and follow up in writing if there is no response) to document his efforts to communicate with his attorney. In the actual case, the public defender may be doing everything they are supposed to be doing but just communicating that poorly.
   
   A private attorney may be more accessible and it sounds like the co-defendant may be stacking the case up against your son.
   
   Best of luck to him.

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   Michael Rhoades

   Tucker Criminal Defense Attorney

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   Answered July 09, 2012 08:30. If you are not happy with your son's current appointed lawyer, you need to hire him a lawyer ASAP. This is his life we are talking about. You need to do whatever it takes to get him the best representation possible.
   Regards,
   M. Jason Rhoades

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   Matthew Bennett

   Adel Criminal Defense Attorney

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   Answered July 09, 2012 08:42. Is the public defender talking to your son? That is the real question, your son is the PD's client. He is not allowed to talk to you without your son's permission. If he is not talking to your son then you might want to find another attorney.

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   Benjamin Lieberman

   New York Criminal Defense Attorney

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   Answered July 09, 2012 08:32. If you aren't satisfied with his current representation you can always hire a private attorney.

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