2006-07-13 11:12:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
You have provided no details of the legal situation in which your friend is involved so any answer here is not relevant to the question. However, in general unless you have a legal background you shouldn’t be advising your friend except to get an appointment with an attorney.
Both my wife and I have significant experience with the legal world and yet I am hard pressed to think of a situation that we would not seek an attorney’s advice on a legal question.
In general, advice to waive one's right to an attorney is poor advice which can cause your friend trouble. It is true that in some situations, such as small claims court, people often represent themselves and the judge (more often a magistrate) guides correction of any mistakes in process, but even here without an understanding of the process simple mistakes can be made that can cause a case lost.
2006-07-13 11:30:06 · answer #1 · answered by Randy 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Why should your friend waive his right to an attorney? If the issue were strictly money, this can be brought to the court and a court can order an attorney to be paid by the state to represent him.
2006-07-13 19:44:08 · answer #2 · answered by Angela B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you should especially if they are a friend.
Though they say "a man who represents himself in court has a fool for a client" they leave out a much greater truth that "a man who hires a lawyer to represent him is a complete idiot".
Lawyers(including judges) are nothing more than *** ***** ******* *** **** ***** *** double-agents sworn on their lives to complete loyalty/obedience to the entity that is acting against her/him. Only a complete idiot would knowingly play into this scam and only a monster would knowingly allow anyone, let alone a friend to do it.
Therefore, i forbid you to not advise your friend to waive the so-called right to an attorney. Truely, it is in their best interest not to but trust me the court will not allow it.
Have them check out http://www.outlawslegal.com and if they like i am glad to see to it that all their real Rights are enforced, just e-mail me.
2006-07-13 19:27:40 · answer #3 · answered by Truyer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you do that? I suggest your friend gets an attorney. Even if he/she has confessed to whatever crime he/she allegedly committed, the attorney can help lower your friend's sentence. So, no, don't tell your friend to waive it.
2006-07-13 18:17:17 · answer #4 · answered by lc_frosh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everyone is entitled to representation by an attorney no matter how big or small the offense he/she is accused of, so no you should not adivise your friend to waive his right to an attorney,, you should encourage him/her to get an attorney, the court can provide one if needed.
2006-07-13 18:21:51 · answer #5 · answered by schally31 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
never a good idea. even a bad attorney is somewhat better than none. He can at least explain everything to your friend and then then friend can follow the attys advice or can tell the atty what he wants instead......in most cases would say to follow attys advice though
2006-07-13 18:20:31 · answer #6 · answered by nativeamerican1968 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a man who represents himself in court has a fool for a client.
2006-07-13 18:16:20 · answer #7 · answered by Jonny Propaganda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no why?
2006-07-13 18:15:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋