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PRETRIAL FOLLOW-UP

By Jeffrey Ivashuk

                                                       I had the opportunity to speak with Ms. Debra Lesniak, Supervisor of all Pretrial Officers, on Friday.  We spoke about the reports I received that Pretrial Officers were advising supervised defendants not to hire an attorney in certain circumstances, or advising them to favor the inexpensive services of the Public Defender over private counsel.Ms. Lesniak was in complete agreement that Pretrial Officers should never discuss the hiring of private counsel or, alternatively, the appointment of a Public Defender, or whether a defendant needs an attorney at all...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on February 11, 2008 (boomark / email).