Given the asymmetry on making false-statements (i.e. the police can lie to you, but you cannot to them) what prevents them from pretending to be, or hiring someone to act like, your lawyer in order to violate the attorney/client relationship?
If they are able, willing, and unprosecuted for planting false evidence then why should we assume that anything they do would be morally (or lawfully) right?
>>Given the asymmetry on making false-statements (i.e. the police can lie to you, but you cannot to them) what prevents them from pretending to be, or hiring someone to act like, your lawyer in order to violate the attorney/client relationship?
The best thing to do if you have no money is to keep quiet until arraignment and then meet your public defender. Otherwise, make your phone call.
This is why using a public defender is not a good idea. They really don’t care about protecting your rights. They care about getting along with the folk in the courthouse and getting home on time.
Unfortunately, it costs a lot to hire the loyalty of an attorney away from the natural affinity he has for the clubhouse set he works and golfs with on a daily basis.