To: Lurking Libertarian
What if Feldman wins the appeal? Does he have to represent DW at the new trial, even though he can't be paid or does Westerfield get a court appointed attorney?
331 posted on
08/21/2002 11:41:30 AM PDT by
nycgal
To: nycgal
He ain't gonna win an appeal...
To: nycgal
feldman may not be a good appellate atty..
DW may be at the mercy of "pro-bonos" now, which doesn't indicate quality or anything.
To: nycgal
What if Feldman wins the appeal? Does he have to represent DW at the new trial, even though he can't be paid or does Westerfield get a court appointed attorney? As I pointed out above, I'm not sure what the law is in California. In some states, once you appear as counsel in a criminal case, you're stuck for the whole case. The theory is that if the defendant couldn't afford a lawyer, the court would have to appoint one anyway, so they will "appoint" the lawyer who's already in the case because he's the most familiar with the case.
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