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<blockquote data-quote="mrsammler" data-source="post: 442453"><p>Has he access to a public defender? A question for your lawyer friend might be "Will it make a difference, in terms of verdict/sentence, if his lawyer is privately retained vs. a public defender?" I agree that there's no sense in him going to trial (I assume he'll plead guilty) with no lawyer at all--the judicial system is a "club" of lawyers and ex-lawyers (i.e., judges), and it routinely punishes defendants who don't opt into the club via retaining counsel. But must you pay for a lawyer for him vs. him being represented for free by a public defender, especially if he's just going to plead guilty?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrsammler, post: 442453"] Has he access to a public defender? A question for your lawyer friend might be "Will it make a difference, in terms of verdict/sentence, if his lawyer is privately retained vs. a public defender?" I agree that there's no sense in him going to trial (I assume he'll plead guilty) with no lawyer at all--the judicial system is a "club" of lawyers and ex-lawyers (i.e., judges), and it routinely punishes defendants who don't opt into the club via retaining counsel. But must you pay for a lawyer for him vs. him being represented for free by a public defender, especially if he's just going to plead guilty? [/QUOTE]
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