Legal Question in Criminal Law in Georgia

you get what you pay for

My brother(53 at the time)is serving 31 years for agg.assault and agg.stalking.He also has 2 warrents they won't try him on for child molesting. The DA said they had plenty of time to try him on them. After reading the warrents, I realized The dates on the warrents (that the molestation was to have taken place) are BEFORE the child was born.There is much more to this I won't get into,however my problem is the money we were paying for a lawyer ran out so my brother was dropped like a hot potato, so the court appointed him one..All of the trial went on in her home town and the appointed ONE is from the same area.

Isn't there any lawyers that will take a case and work out payments or something? Mom died three months after my brother was sentenced..I don't want him to die in prison.Any info will be appreciated..Thanks


Asked on 1/11/06, 8:52 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys
Glenn M. Lyon, Esq. MacGREGOR LYON, LLC, Business Attorneys

Re: you get what you pay for

I'm sure you wouldn't work for free, so why would you expect the same?

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Answered on 1/11/06, 9:08 pm
Billy Tomlinson Tomlinson & Associates, LLC

Re: you get what you pay for

Absent major media coverage trials are always held in the county of the offense. I would not imagine a molestation case would generate that type of coverage. Usually it is only major murder trials that do ... think O.J. In those cases, the trials are moved to a county where coverage was less to insure an untainted jury pool and give a fair trial.

As far as the attorney issue... a defendant is usually better off with a local attorney whom is familar with the judges, prosecutors, procedures and juries. Your assumption of a conspiracy is manifestly unfair. Further, most attorneys will not work on payment plans due to the time intensive nature of the work and the fact that once a case is over then there is no motivation to pay. When someone is has no ability to pay then the courts provide a court appointed attorney to represent the client. These attorneys are paid by the state and are completely independant from the prosecutors and judges.

Further, the parole possibilities for some on with an agg. assault are low. It is the type of crime where a defendant typically serve 90 percent of their sentence ... but who knows what the future holds.

Good luck and try communicating with your appointed attorney.

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Answered on 1/11/06, 9:22 pm


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