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I cant afford a lawer and my public defender wont do his job. Can i review the evidence myself? If yes, where and how do i start the request? Thanks.
If you have a lawyer (and a public defender is a lawyer) representing you, then the prosecutor won't talk to you. You'll have to let your attorney handle it. What makes you think your public defender isn’t doing his job? Do you even know really what his job is? I ask that not be snide but because I hear a lot of criminal defendants say their public defenders aren’t doing their job when, in fact, the public defenders are doing what they need to do and the problem really is that the defendant doesn't truly understand what lawyers do. Most of the public gets their impression of lawyers and criminal trials from TV and movies and TV and movies do a terrible job portraying what lawyers and criminal cases are really like. Depending on the charges against you and the circumstances, your lawyer may already know pretty much what the state has against you.