Legal Question in Criminal Law in Tennessee

I was arrested I went to court and given a PD . I pled not guiltily and went to circuit court were I was given a new PD . My trial date has been postponed 3 times . This last postponement was because my present PD has been elected to judg . And the first PD I had was elected to DAs office . And I was told he will be prosecuting me. My question is can the PD who was once my lawyer also prosecute me in the same case


Asked on 8/13/14, 7:53 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

The prosecuting attorney cannot be your former Public Defender in the same case.

Your current attorney will know that.

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Answered on 8/14/14, 6:18 am


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