Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

Re: is it legal to?

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Re: is it legal to?

Probably. Lawyers talk about their cases all the time, and only a few specific types of discussion are forbidden.

Lawyers are not allowed to reveal privileged information (client confidences, for example) without the client's consent, but your post suggests that your appointed attorney doesn't have such information yet. He can't reveal what he doesn't have, so I don't see a problem.

Don't worry about his statement that he doesn't care if you are innocent or guilty. Your case is evidently at an early stage, and most defense attorneys go into each case with exactly the mindset you describe. Since the defendants in most criminal cases are indeed guilty of least some of the charges against them, defense attorneys essentially have to feel this way in order to be effective. Besides, it sounds like your case is still in the early stages; you will have opportunities to discuss your case with your lawyer later, and you may be able to change his perspective at that time.

What matters is whether your appointed lawyer will zealously represent you, and a good defense attorney will do that for all his clients regardless of whether they are innocent or guilty.

Whether a client is guilty or not plays a surprisingly small part in a defense attorney's decisions about how to handle the case. Except in unusual instances where the client's innocence can be proven, this knowledge would primarily be relevant only when the attorney decides whether to allow the client to testify in his own defense. Allowing this is generally a bad idea even where the client actually is innocent, so there is little chance that your lawyer's current belief will affect his performance in any way.

Good luck.