[kay95]

Why would the courts change a pd with out cause?:confused:

[Fr_Chuck]

Depends not much info, First can I "assume" PD is public defender, not a police department.

Next how is your public defender assigned, are they paid though a real public defenders office, or are they merely local attorneys who are forced to do some cases for free.

In public defenders office, is it not uncommom to get assigned to a pool and have different attorneys at varoius hearings, not keeping the same one though your entire case.

As for the other, perhaps they were busy, or some other issue.

[kay95]

Sorry it was public defender He is att. Who used to be a deputy prosecuter before he was att .local att. Who just got his case .im sorry it took me so long to write back not used to typing my son got 23years in prison for his first adult offense he was 18years old now he is 21 but he is mental retardation and his att. Had him to plead guilty and ple bargin which was not much of one I just didn't know if the could change your att some one at the court house ask if it was conflict of interest. It wasn't because he didn't get to talk to him but because my son is M/R we told the att. We wanted to be at the hearing .

[Fr_Chuck]

Merely being retarded, unless the court has ruled him not capable of knowing the right and wrong of his actions, is not a defense, and as a adult, while you wanted to be there, there is no legal requirement to have you their, unless you had him declared not able to take care of hisself and was appointed prior to court his guardian.

And often when smaller areas don't have real Public defenders groups, they force the local attorneys to take free cases because they trial cases in that court.

It may be that the firm your other attorney worked for had some connection to the victim or toher issue.

Normally you can't appeal just losing, and good and bad defense depends on the few point of it. ( and what evidence was available)