My question involves criminal law for the state of: Texas
There seems to be a lot of discussion on court appointed atty's and the public's total disdain for them. Iv'e been doing them for 21 years, including two death cases, and I get just as excited about a good court appointed case where we actually have a chance as i do with a retained one. What I do not understand is in central texas the court appointed clients are the absolutely worst clients i have ever had. They are the most disrespectful and just plain dumbest people i have ever had the displeasure of dealing with. They treat you like a second class citizen making stupid demands, telling you what motions to file, what will work with a jury and what will not etc.... I have an initial sit down with them to explain who is in charge and what I expect from him and his family. Like I will determine what motions get filed, explain what an open file policy is with the da's office so i dont have to deal with the daily request for a motion for discovery. This seems to help with some, but I have found that if you don't execute each and every stupid request then here comes the grievance stating "he works for the state and he ain't representing me right" and all that crap. Is anyone else having this problem with the younger court appointments?

