Leagle Eagel. Wrote:
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> Mike Johnson Wrote:
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> > Don't have much money and facing legal trouble.
>
> > Is a court appointed attorney useful? Can they
> > negotiate a plea on your behalf just like a
> > private attorney? Do they really give a shit?
>
> The reason you get a court-appointed attorney is
> not because you don't have very much money and are
> trying to decide if you want to spend it or not;
> it's because you're destitute and you have no
> other choice.
>
> If your combined income and assets convertible
> into cash exceed $14,588, you are too rich to get
> a court-appointed attorney.
>
> See "GUIDELINES FOR DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR
> COURT-APPOINTED COUNSEL" at
>
http://www.courts.state.va.us/courtadmin/aoc/djs/r
> esources/manuals/ctapptatty/chapter02.pdf
>
> If you've stupidly managed to catch any kind of a
> felony charge, you would be wise to hire the best
> lawyer you can find even if it means going in debt
> up to your eyeballs to do it, because a felony
> conviction will thoroughly fuck you up for the
> rest of your life.
Jesus, you have to be a REALLY REALLY poor bastard to fit within that range. Wow...