http://overlawyered.com/2009/04/cops-teen-burglarized-cars-to-help-pay-for-a-lawyer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cops-teen-burglarized-cars-to-help-pay-for-a-lawyer Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 27 May 2012 16:39:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://overlawyered.com/2009/04/cops-teen-burglarized-cars-to-help-pay-for-a-lawyer/comment-page-1/#comment-47646 R Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:29:12 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=10825#comment-47646 I want to know why he needed money to pay for a lawyer. Did he reject the public defender? or was he simply never offered one in the first place? I want to know why he needed money to pay for a lawyer. Did he reject the public defender? or was he simply never offered one in the first place?

]]> http://overlawyered.com/2009/04/cops-teen-burglarized-cars-to-help-pay-for-a-lawyer/comment-page-1/#comment-47542 Todd Rogers Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:45:23 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=10825#comment-47542 I can't figure out how in a criminal complaint the fact that the defendant claims to need money for a lawyer has any relevance, unless to bolster the prosecution's case - to establish a pattern. On the civil side perhaps it could be useful for a suit, much the same way that lady says MacDonald's played a hand in a street bum putting her down. "The lawyer knew or should have known that his fees were excessive to the point that it in part caused this young man to seek a life of crime in order to pay his legal bill." It reads like something from O'Henry. I can’t figure out how in a criminal complaint the fact that the defendant claims to need money for a lawyer has any relevance, unless to bolster the prosecution’s case – to establish a pattern. On the civil side perhaps it could be useful for a suit, much the same way that lady says MacDonald’s played a hand in a street bum putting her down. “The lawyer knew or should have known that his fees were excessive to the point that it in part caused this young man to seek a life of crime in order to pay his legal bill.” It reads like something from O’Henry.

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