For the appointed attorney, it is called public defender. The public defender always did not work well, worked with the government to make up the case. It is not stranger, public defenders are paid by the government's money of tax.
If firing the public defender, it may cause losing the lawyer, unless the client could prove that his public defender did not work on certain jobs, cheating the clients or lied to the clients... Otherwise, he may lose the lawyer, the court may not appoint a new lawyer since the client fires his appointed public defender.
Finding a pro bono lawyer for the murder case, it must be very lucky. NY is a big city, maybe some pro bono lawyer takes the case. Then firing the appointed public defender.
If going to pro se the jury trial, it is too difficult for him, since he is in jail without a freedom, how could he research?
If going to pro se the jury trial, the interpretor will be necessary; but many interpretors are not qualified for jury trial at all.
He has the constituational right: not to testify to against himself in the jury trial. Did he want to give up his such right by going to testifying in the jury trial?
In president Regan's murder case, the defendent found as incapable to behave as the normal person since medical experts testified that defendent has the mental disease, not able to behave as a normal person. Hiring the medical expert, it costs some money after finding such medical doctor. |
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发表于 2010-7-19 18:19:32
