My question involves criminal law for the state of: Arizona
Hello, I am involved in a criminal matter and was appointed a public defender. This public defender wasn't contacting me and kept canceling my appts w/ her. I hired a paid attorney and he annoyed the judge and prosecutor by requesting extensions every time we went to court. ( about a years time) He did not do the interviews etc that he stated to me he was doing. Through research, I found out that he was suspended for 45 days during the time he was retained as my attorney, and on a years probation. I had to fire him as he never showed up for pretrial. He forgot about it. The judge and prosecutor were annoyed, because this case has been going on for almost 2yrs now. I was appointed a public defender as my $ was spent on this fired attorney. After firing him, I have found out that this same attorney has been suspended again in March, for six months. The new attorney has only had about 2 months on the case, and stated to me that if he'd had this case sooner, he may have been able to do more. I would like to request a continuance, however, the prosecutor is determined to give me time. The prosecutor offered a plea, and tomorrow I have to either accept that plea, which is extensive, or go to trial. My attorney stated no one wants to go to trial if it's not necessary. The prosecutor stated that after tomorrow, the plea is off the table. In the state of Arizona, convictions are severe, so I am very afraid that once the plea is off the table, I won't get another plea, and if I do, it will be much more.
Still, I feel it's unfair to force me to go into court and accept a plea, when my attorney hasn't had enough time to study my case, and work with me.
What rights do I have? Are there steps I'm missing?
Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.

