Friend Going Down on Arm Robbery because his lawyer wont listen to me!

The current attorney is lazy, is probably in with the cops and just wants your friend to be convicted.

Your friend most definitely needs to fire the current attorney immediately, and get one who will represent him properly.

Tell your friend to quit robbing people.

Also: pics of the girlfriend? Maybe in glasses and her best paralegal suit?

Tell your buddy, or you look into this lawyers past. What’s his conviction rate/or getting people the best possible deal. If he’s incompetent your buddy’s 6th amendment right is being violated to a fair trial.

Look into the lawyer. Get him a new one

Choose better friends

puke is a funny word wrote:

Choose better friends

Dude, he is innocent. He let me look at his discovery. The only real ID comes from the lineup after he had his first court date. If we can get that tossed he could be in the clear. I wrote a motion to suppress (my GF helped) and I tried to give it to his lawyer to use, but he would not take it from me. I did look his email up and sent it to him anyway. I did not hear back. I feel like he wont listen to me or file it because if he does my friend will know I saved him and his lawyer does not want to admit this.

I don't really care who gets the credit, but it needs to be done.

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This isn't 1977, everyone knows by now that eyewitness testimony is garbage.

Why was he arrested? You claim his innocence, but can you give reason for his initial arrest?

Are there fingerprints or surveillance video?

Does he have an alibi?

Is he already well off financially? There would then be no motive to rob a random person.

Can you settle this case out of court? Like pay the victim $500 to drop all the charges? It would be cheaper than paying a lawyer.

I had a friend go down for armed bank robbery. He did 4 years and then got out last year. He made a new facebook and started friend requesting people. I felt really bad because he probably didn't know facebook wasn't cool anymore.

Nothing about the trial.

Not a Lawyer But A CJ BA wrote:

I wrote a motion to suppress (my GF helped) and I tried to give it to his lawyer to use, but he would not take it from me. I did look his email up and sent it to him anyway. I did not hear back. I feel like he wont listen to me or file it because if he does my friend will know I saved him and his lawyer does not want to admit this.

I don't really care who gets the credit, but it needs to be done.

Are you able to talk with your friend about this?

If so, can you have him fire the attorney and have someone else file the motion?

How can having a lawyer affect the outcome of a police lineup? Can they make the cops pick people who look more like the accused so it's harder to just make a lucky pick?

Maybe a good lawyer can insist that a Hollywood makeup artist be present to make everyone look very similar.

If I was a lawyer, I'd demand multiple lineups too, including several where the accused isn't even present. Make the accuser prove they're sure. Put the fake lineups first, about ten of them, and if they say anyone's the guy, case dismissed.

You may be making this up, if not:

1) If your friend lives in a large city or first ring suburb, there are surveillance cameras every where.

2) I doubt a lawyer can undo a lineup.

3) Everyone has a phone. Since your friend is innocent as you said, he's phone will place him at a location other than scene of the crime; surveillance cameras will prove your friend was not there.

Quit trying to be your friend's lawyer and focus your attention on getting him a better lawyer. A good lawyer will fix this, a bad lawyer will lazily let him go to prison while claiming it was the best he could do.

I feel bad for your friend as he will get the American History X treatment in there if you know what i mean

Mosby wrote:

Why was he arrested? You claim his innocence, but can you give reason for his initial arrest?

This. How do you know he was innocent?

Unless there were multiple eyewitnesses that all said he did it, it doesn’t seem like enough evidence.

Something doesn’t add up here.

Rainy Day wrote:

Mosby wrote:

Why was he arrested? You claim his innocence, but can you give reason for his initial arrest?

This. How do you know he was innocent?

Unless there were multiple eyewitnesses that all said he did it, it doesn’t seem like enough evidence.

Something doesn’t add up here.

What about if OP did the armed robbery himself? Or his GF...

I hate to say it, but in America, the only relevant question here is: Is he black or latino?

If he's white, he has a chance. If he's black or latino, then if he truly is innocent, then he is also just the latest victim of institutional racism.

He may need to fire his lawyer. It is a pretty boneheaded move for the police to do a line up and not give notice to defense counsel. Not saying it never happens. But it is very rare. I would be concerned that the lawyer was notified and blew it off, but is now trying to CYA by claiming that he never got notice. Your average defense attorney spends most of their time just going from courtroom to courtroom working pleas and getting cases reset. They are notorious for blowing off anything that isn't 100% urgent.