Do You Have the Right to Plead Not Guilty When Your Lawyer Disagrees?

Re:Do You Have the Right to Plead Not Guilty When Your Lawye... by dragonwriter on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @02:01PM (#16170680)

You don't need a certified letter to file a bar complaint. Or even to get yet another lawyer and succeed in a malpractice suit, though the latter (unlike the former) may require some money up front.

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Re:Do You Have the Right to Plead Not Guilty When Your Lawye... by throwwwwaway9 on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @04:34PM (#16172114)

anyone can complain, but what will you achieve.

Let's rate representation from 0-100, with 0 or a negative being a drunk lawyer, sleeping through the trial, and 100 being the dream team, 10+ lawyers with unlimited funds.

What if your lawyer rates a 15 (scale 0-100) and simply says that that's what I really believed, given the evidence and resources avail ? Who is going to disbar /blame him when he recounts the challenges he faced?

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Re:Do You Have the Right to Plead Not Guilty When Your Lawye... by dragonwriter on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @06:11PM (#16172969)

> What if your lawyer rates a 15 (scale 0-100) and simply says that that's what I really believed, given the evidence and resources available

> Who is going to disbar /blame him when he recounts the challenges he faced?

The disciplinary commission of the State Bar, who will be reviewing the information provided, and will be composed aren't 15s.

And, quite possibly, a court hearing a malpractice claim and applying the professional standard of care.

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Re:Do You Have the Right to Plead Not Guilty When Your Lawye... by Balgair on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @04:45PM (#16172237)

I mean, any lawyer less than 70 WILL be disbarred in nearly any city larger than 1,000. Yeah, there are speed trap towns in Nevada and Alabama where this isn't happening. But 99.99% of Americans have at least a C- worth of representation.

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