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Tracy Tiernan
Tracy Tiernan answered on Jul 16, 2021

Public defenders, or other state provided criminal defense attorneys, are generally reserved for the indigent or poor. First and foremost they are responsible for representing the majority of in custody criminal defendants who don’t have the money to bond out and go home pending the resolution of... Read more »

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Q: My bf was arrested for domestic violence. I told police I don’t want to press charges. What else can I do to help him?
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Dale S. Gribow answered on Jul 16, 2021

ideally hire your own lawyer to work his boyfriends lawyer to advise that you do not want to testify or will not show.................

absent that talk to boyfriend's lawyer.

it is not up to you. The victim is the People of the State of California, represented by the DA.

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