Is it true that if I am assigned a public defender I cannot choose a new one?
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Is it true that if I am assigned a public defender I cannot choose a new one?
I am set for trial and I was talking with my public defender. I called him a derrogatory name because of how he acted. I asked if I could use a different one but he said I did not have that choice.
Asked on March 30, 2012 under Criminal Law, Minnesota
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If you have been assigned a public defender to represent you with respect to a criminal matter and the situation between you and your attorney is such that he/she cannot in your opinion effctively represent you in the matter you are writing about, you are entitled to have a new public defender assigned to represent you in your criminal matter as a matter of law.
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