Legal Question in Criminal Law in Tennessee

Re: Can anyone write to the judge

Generally, no. Contact your atorney or the District Attorney. For more info, see www.gsmithlawfirm.com

Re: Can anyone write to the judge

To disagree with attorney Smith, the First Amendment to the constitution allows you to say or write anything you want, and you can even send the letter to the judge.... but the judge is not allowed to look at it, so it's pretty much a waste of your time. And contacting the prosecuting attorney is often the worst thing to do id you have evidence showing the defendant is not guilty as charged. Give the information to the defendant's attorney. Giving it to the prosecuting attorney will only let the prosecuting attorney prepare for it at trail -- most prosecuting attorneys really do not give a rat's ass whether the defendant is guilty or not, they simply want to convict them. And the reason the judge can't look at such letters as you might want to write is that the other side would not be able to cross-examine you. Certainly you would not want the defendant to have to deal with letters from people who were not subject to cross-examination -- the prosecution is not forced to deal with it either. Anything

considered by the court is to be presented in open court where the other side can respond to it.