Legal Question in Criminal Law in Georgia

what can i do my girlfriends public defender wont file for a court date an all she will tell us is have to wait be patcince an very rude i have talked to judges office and calander clerk and they lawyer has to file its been 3 weeks now nothing and she sits in jail judges office said all she had to do was file for release at one time the case still shows closed she missed court date an was arrested had no way to get to court yes she should have tryed harder but now its seems like they have just forgot herand i dont have much money to hire lawyer what can i do please help somebody


Asked on 10/16/11, 4:19 am

3 Answers from Attorneys

Glen Ashman Ashman Law Office also dba Glen Ashman Attorney

Your question as posted makes almost no sense whatsoever. It looks like you strung about 10 sentences together and jumbled them. As best as I can tell you are trying to discuss someone else's case with that person's lawyer, who is a public defender. Under rules of lawyer ethics, that person cannot discuss anything with you. So you may not call that lawyer.

And I do see something about a missed court date. When someone is foolish enough to do that, they usually will sit in jail pending a hearing because they are a flight risk.

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Answered on 10/16/11, 6:22 am
Scott Riddle Law Office of Scott B. Riddle, LLC

What you can do is either find the means to assist her in getting her own lawyer, and don't interfere, or just stop interfering now. You'll do not good at all and only cause more problems. Do you think people on this website know any more about the case than her lawyer?

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Answered on 10/16/11, 6:47 am
Lawrence Lewis Lawrence Lewis, P.C.

You have no money. That is the start and end of your legal question. No attorney is going to work for free. So, you need to work with the public defender. The fact that teh PD does not move at your pace is fine, because you have no money. You cannot ship a package overnight if you do not have overnight money. So need to just wait for normal postal delivery. See article on Public Defenders on my website: www.lawrencelewispc.com Just so you know a defense attorney does not put anything on a calendar that is the prosecutor and/or court clerk and/or judge's staff.

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Answered on 10/16/11, 5:47 pm


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