Legal Question in Criminal Law in South Carolina

held without trial
The first situation is someone accused of robbery and arrested then finds out after sitting two years in jail and never went to court for anything but a bond hearing that they were booked for a traffic violation. however he is being pressed to confess to a crime he didn't commit with no evidence placing him at the crime. The lawyer he had is now refusing to defend him because he found out this new information and confronted him about the truth not to mention the victim picked someone else in the lineup. Then another person was accused of robbery arrested and sitting also close to two years. He filed a motion for a speedy trial which the time passed with no trial and he is still incarcerated even though the person who he robbed was incarcerated at one point and placed in his cell and had no clue who he was and the other person was arrested for false information given to prosecution concerning this case. Who do you contact to clear up these matters that clearly violates due process for both parties sitting in jail on charges without sufficient evidence against them

Asked on 12/04/06, 5:10 pm

Robert Johnston Law Offices of Robert J. Johnston

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Re: held without trial

The best source for dealing with these problems is a criminal defense attorney.

Answered on 12/05/06, 11:03 am

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