Can i request another public defender

The Court appoints the Office of the Public Defender; that Office then decides what attorney will be assigned to your case. There is very little...

Can I get the transcript of my sister's trial before the sentencing for free? I need to show it to a new attorney...

Her trial attorney can get it; if she is indigent for free. If you get it from the Court Reporter you have to pay. There are appointed appellate...

I got charged with a misdemeanor back 2011 PC 243(a) am I disqualified from purchasing a firearm?

The only section of 243 that would carry a firearms ban is 243(e) or domestic violence.

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Can 11377a hs be different drugs?

Given your comment to Mr. Dane, I am not so sure this is going to "kind of run together" at sentencing.

I have a question regarding probation and whether reopening a case erases time served on probation

You lose the time spent on probation since it is not applicable to the results of your criminal trial. So much for changing your plea, huh?

Do you know what happens in general when you are picked up on a pending-felony warrant for second degree burglary, do you go to

You could go to jail and await your first court date where you might be released or held longer. You need a lawyer.

Actually you could lose your CNA license. You need a seasoned attorney to assist you.

Would a 3.850 motion due to ineffective assistance because attorneys did not present mental illness as mitigating factor suceed?

No.

I picked up a case in 2012 in one county was sentenced to 30 days in work program

Probably. You can improve your chances by retaining an attorney.

What is a likely outcome?

You've got an attorney; ask him.