Re: questionable att. actions

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On 12/12/03, Prairie Dawg wrote:
> On 12/11/03, treeman48507 wrote:
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>> In 2000 I was arrested on several
>> charges , I was represented by my retained attorney.
>> There was 2 incidents that the charges resulted from,one
>> was a firearms charge and the other firearms and drugs.
>> The firearms only charge {misdemeanor} I wanted throwed
>> out. yet the att. insisted that I take a charge so that
>> the prosector. wouldn't bring charges later. He told me
>> that I'd only get 1 year probation and $500
>> fine,reluctantly I took him at his word.
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> No attorney can guarantee what a judge will do under any
> circumstances. Judge can reject a plea agreement or a
> negotiated sentence.
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> I'm assuming that the reason he advised you to plead on a
> misdemeanor was to prevent it being upped to a felony based
> on some other incident that had not yet come to the
attention
> of the prosecutor. If that's so I might have advised you to
> do the same thing, particularly if a second felony could
have
> gotten you more time or moved you into habitual offender
> status.
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>> He also had the ongoing other case ... when at sentencing
>> for the misdemeanor he told me that if i didn't roll in
>> the other case i was going to jail. I refused to roll. He
>> then went to chambers to the judge who sentenced me to
>> jail. I was quite surprised! During the reading of the
>> sentence the lawyer "dictated" the sentence almost for the
>> judge too the point the judge warned him to stop. the att.
>> was suppose to represent me later that day in another
>> {family} court , he didn't show. I lost by default.
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>> setting in jail he visited me {3 weeks later},to talk
>> about the felony case. I asked him what am I doing here !
>> he was suppose to be my defense- he replied "I thought it
>> would good for you" . I didn't know at the time the guards
>> was listening to every word . They felt I might blow
>> up ,but maintained their distance because I didn't. I
>> proceeded to fire the att.,the guards had to let him from
>> the room and stated to me that if that was my lawyer that
>> I had better get another one{which I had}.I found out that
>> I'm not the only one he's done this to. He
>> also “collected” a additional $ 1500 from my elderly
>> parents while I was in jail I was to learn later. Saying
>> that he could get me out using this money. Unbelievable.
>> Please Help..Thanks in advance - Michigan.
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> If what you say is true obtaining money in this way is
> questionable. A lot depends on what he subsequently did with
> it.
> What happened to the firearms and drugs charge?

Re: questionable att. actions, 12/23/03, by treeman48507. .

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