Steven Michael Marks

Marks got 3 continuations in my case of sending threatening text messages because a detective was working the case to find out who actually sent the messages under my name. Over the course of 8 months, Marks never interviewed any prosecution witnesses, never bothered sending a subpoena to the detecti...ve and rarely returned my calls and emails. On the day of trial, he scared me into accepting a "no contest" plea deal for something I didn't do by telling me that a felony conviction was an automatic 6-month sentence. I realized after court that I could have been found guilty because Marks had done relatively nothing on my case. When I expressed my dissatisfaction with his representation, his flippant reply was, "If you're dissatisfied, you can appeal and the State can bring back the felony". I took this as another scare tactic. I am appealing my case under Insufficient Counsel and sending a letter of complaint to the Bar Association.