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Originally Posted by Perfectlap
misdemeanor is bad.
another story on racing....
during my short stint in LE we went down to a state court to visit with the DA. I was working with federal agency at the time.
The state prosecutor came over to us to shoot the shoot and told us that the two defendants in the court aka 'racer #1' and 'racer #2' were being represented by different lawyers. One expensive one cheap.
During "the race" the cars got sideways and they ended up killing the driver of another car. Well to make a long story short, the guy with the good lawyer eventualy got a plea bargain for if memory serves me right manslaughter and a short jail sentence, now the guy with the cheap lawyer got 'death by auto' and got a long prison sentence! The things I saw coming out of state court would make your eyes pop out.
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Sorry, but I don't buy ANY of the retained versus court appoint/low cost lawyers. Statistics bear out that there's no difference on the quality of legal representation when it comes to how much you pay, if your poor and appointed a lawyer.
I'm a prosecutor. I know plenty of court appointed attorneys I deal with who I'd have represent me in any sort of case, including murder, than many "high" priced lawyers.