Hello again, E:

Public Defenders are some of the BETTER defense lawyers in the country. You can also find very good private attorney's. But, in the final analysis, somebody has to manage them, no matter whether they're paid or appointed. If a PD is managed properly, a PD can be the best. If not, a client can hope for 1/200th of a defense.

I say managed in the same way you manage your landscaper (if you had one). You wouldn't just let him trim where HE wanted. Lawyers can be managed like that. Of course, it takes a person on the outside WILLING to do it, and it looks like that's you. You have to strike a balance between being a good manager, and a pest.

excon

First stop using that stupid comment feature, and actually answer the question to add your follow up,

That is a small case load in many places, even paid attorneys may have 100's of cases in various levels of work. It is not like TV where they only do one case. Since cases can often go months between hearings and/or even before it goes to trail.

Next the issue, I know you see a difference in a gun and a screw driver and one is more dangerous than the other, but when I was a officer, if someone pointed a screw driver at me like a weapon and was within 10 feet of me, I would have been allowed to shoot them, it was and can be considered a weapon

If they had it hide and make it appear to be a gun, guess what if he was robbing someone that would be armed robbery.

The reason the other person was not arrested is most likely instead of calling the police, your son, did nothing or decided to threaten them back instead.
Had he called the police when the person chased him with a pipe it may have been different.

Since if he has already confessed ( and I hope he has not) that he pointed a screw driver at the person, since that in and of itself is enough to convict of at least the lesser of the crimes. Then he needs the best attorney to make a plea deal and that is almost always the PD.

But the other issue is how much money he has to allow his attorney to investigate, since finding other witnesses. Or other info that may apply to this. Which is often more what effects the case, not as much who the attorney is, but how much money is there for expert witness, how much money is there for independent investigators and so on.

I go back to the OJ example, had he been a broke factor worker, he would be doing 20 years now, but he has the money not as much for the attorneys, but for all sorts of tests, for 100's of legal motions, for lab tests and more.

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Edy020 does not find this helpful : Because this person is too judgemental. I think that if you have nothing positive to add, then don't say anything at all. I have enough stress already.

First, may I call your attention to the guidelines for using the comments feature found here:

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You really need to learn the rules here. Because you have been blundering around annoying several members here, including me. A negative comment is to be used ONLY for a post that is inaccurate or not factual. The response you rated was neither. Nor was it being judgmental. It was simply stating facts that you didn't seem to understand. As such I'm going to have the rating removed.

I'm going to repeat here, things that have been said to you elsewhere. You started posting with this thread yesterday, by 10 PM you had posted over 60 responses to other threads. Many of those responses just repeated what others had previously answered. Several posted inaccurate or wrong information. It is nice that you want to help. Many members here started with asking questions and stayed to help. We welcome anyone who wants to help. But that help needs to meet the standards we have set for this site in terms of accuracy and quality. Instead of blitzing the site, make sure your answers are accurate and well researched.