A public defender is a layer who is employed at the publics expense to represent defendants who are unable to afford legal assistance. Many would assume that public defenders do not not provide effective representation like a private attorney would, but that is simply a common misconception. People assume that because someone is paying a “private attorney” to defend them that their getting the best representation, but that is not always true. Public defenders spend a lot of time in court so they know their stuff. They may not get the one on one, daily interaction with their client, but I
A public defender is a layer who is employed at the publics expense to represent defendants who are unable to afford legal assistance. Many would assume that public defenders do not not provide effective representation like a private attorney would, but that is simply a common misconception. People assume that because someone is paying a “private attorney” to defend them that their getting the best representation, but that is not always true. Public defenders spend a lot of time in court so they know their stuff. They may not get the one on one, daily interaction with their client, but I