judge provided defender, do i talk to him before court date or does it have to be during court date? which gives no time to explain my case to defender
2006-09-08 02:29:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
You need to contact your public defender (PD) and at the least, leave a message for the PD to call you back. There is usually only one meeting prior to a pre-trial conference in court. The pre-trial usually only takes a couple of minutes. You will state your plea, guilty or innocent, and then a future trial date will be set. Your PD will keep you informed of everything pertaining to your case from that point on. If you never hear from your PD, which does rarely happen, then you will need to contact the main PD office and request a new PD.
If you have already stated your plea in a pre-trial hearing and at that hearing is when you were given a PD, then your PD will most likely request a continuance of the upcoming trial. In any case, you will need to speak with your PD prior to any further court appearances.
2006-09-08 03:26:03 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most public defenders are very good about talking with their clients before going in to court. If your court appearance is set for 8:30 am on a certain day, you will likely not be seeing the judge or appearing in front of the judge until some time after 9:30 or possibly even later in some counties. The time before the judge comes out is when public defenders and prosecutors speak to the people on the calendar and get cases ready for the judge to hear. Call the public defender in advance of your court date, but you may just meet and talk to them on the day of your court appearance.
2006-09-08 13:37:18 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can talk to your lawyer at any time before or during the case. It would be difficult for him to give you a proper defense if he couldnt speak to you until the court date.
2006-09-08 02:36:24 · answer #3 · answered by Kutekymmee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should always meet with your attorney before the trial date, even if that means going and sitting in the lobby of his/her office waiting for him/her to show up
2006-09-08 03:20:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you must talk before. understand how he plans to handle the case. very important you talk to him before.
2006-09-08 02:36:53 · answer #5 · answered by HMG M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋