Legal Question in Criminal Law in Georgia

My had to turn himself in due to new charges , the new charges were traffic charges all misdemeanor charges.

At this time he is currently incarcerated in Chatham county jail , he has had no contact with any attorney. He went to court for the traffic violations and was offered 24mths to do 12mths. Then later came back later with a simple battery charge. The young lady he was in the car with was subpena she has since declined to not testify against my son.

She was then told if she didn't then charges can be brought up against her, since the car that was hit in the accident was a clerk of a chatham county judge

MY Question is what are my options and is this legal ? I cant afford to pay for an attorney and its obvious that the public defenders are not going to help. So what can I do ?


Asked on 3/24/11, 7:55 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys
Scott Riddle Law Office of Scott B. Riddle, LLC

Your options are to help him get a lawyer, or see him stay in jail and/or come out with a harsher punishment. As far as whether something is "legal," you are asking for an analysis based on a few sentences from someone who is not involved in the case (and that is probably based on what someone else said about it). In addition, even if you did get a response about it, responses from an anonymous website, from people who know nothing about the case, won't help you a bit.

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Answered on 3/25/11, 4:32 am
Lawrence Lewis Lawrence Lewis, P.C.

You cannot afford an attorney, and the PD will not help. The only answer is your son is screwed. You should put money on his books, and pray that the system will release him sometime in the next two years.

Lawrence

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Answered on 3/25/11, 7:12 am


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