• SuperDuper@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    any advice from someone more experienced & knowledgeable would be much appreciated

    If only there was some professional that could provide such legal knowledge and experience

    The courts tried to appoint me a public pretender again while I was incarcerated, I declined

    🤦

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        9 months ago

        They’d be a pretty shit lawyer if they couldn’t. They’re playing make-believe in a place that has hard rules. Unless their defence includes some kind of “insanity” plea, I don’t know how any of them have any “victory against the courts” stories to tell.

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        9 months ago

        As I understand it the problem is upholding the conviction. I mean… it’s hard to argue that a intellectually challenged individual who represented themselves based on legal advice from a conman had adequate legal representation.

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          I’m pretty sure “your honor I’m an idiot” is not actually a defense. Especially in the absence of any other defense. I.e. a reason to drive without a license.