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For starters, most attorneys won't allow their clients to utter a single word to law enforcement or on the court record. Your proposal is that the client has t
by YouAreMammon 11mo ago
For starters, most attorneys won't allow their clients to utter a single word to law enforcement or on the court record.
Your proposal is that the client has to have enough of a grasp on the legal strategy related to self-incrimination that they could challenge and disregard their attorneys advice, in order to save themselves from something the attorney misinterpreted.
I personally think that's way too much to ask of a defendant. You even see the accused who are lawyers themselves just hire other lawyers and promptly stfu. Counsel always decides and implements the strategy.
- kstrauser 11mo agoNo one would expect the defendant to address the court, but if you’re on trial and your counsel is screwing something up, you need to let them know. “Psst, hey, that’s not what I said.” So is the defendant claiming that their lawyer overrode their correction, to their disadvantage? Because, if not, they should have said something.
- YouAreMammon 11mo agoAnd how did you come to find out that the defendant didn't do that? That would explicitly be not included in the record.