Most of the time, from my experience, the in custody defendant, with the assistance of a jail-house *lawyer* files the initial petition and asks for counsel to be appointed by the court.
Most of the time, from my experience, the in custody defendant, with the assistance of a jail-house *lawyer* files the initial petition and asks for counsel to be appointed by the court.
Thank you for your response. My inquiry regards the rare instance in which an inmate/other person on behalf of an inmate hires counsel to perform a writ. Thank you again for participating.
I missed that this thread was posted in the post-conviction section. I agree with TM. I thought we were talking pre-trial writs.