I just don’t understand drinking and driving

That's quite a stretch of logic.... even for you.

But, since you have dismissed Barry Lancaster as a worthless bum, because he was seemingly homeless, we know you have no real concern for those who are indigent or might lack money.

Thom was able to post bail and to retain an attorney.

So your claimed that mentally ill people had civil rights to destroy themselves only apply for poor people that no one care about.

But, since you have dismissed Barry Lancaster as a worthless bum, because he was seemingly homeless,
we know you have no real concern for those who are indigent or might lack money.

Choosing not to contribute to the collective and being abused by the state are two very different issues. Lack of funds is tangential here,
it is the result of choosing not to contribute and it is the reason that most people can not battle the state if the state chooses to come after them.

individuals rarely have the buy in fee for playing in our "justice"system.

We dont know that, we only know that someone did. Many or most times it is the family who does, because individuals rarely have the buy in fee for playing in our "justice"system.

As in taking out second mortgages on a numbers of homes to meet the cost of defending my former co-worker sister from Federal charges by her extended family.

Those mortgages are still being pay off long after the sister husband passed away in prison and the sister finish her sentence and was released.

The moral is not to be charge as guilty or not guilty the bills are the same and second you do not know he was driving drunk or not at this point in time.

A judge accepted the charges as justified. Therefore, there was evidence, like maybe a BAC level of > .08+ to justify the DUI charge.

He was driving drunk

All you nice people on this thread just keep feeding the two trolls. Why? I want nothing more to do with this idiocy. 'Bye.

All criminal defendants have an attorney. No one arrested is deprived of a defense attorney.

Bob Boruchowitz, a Seattle University law professor and retired King County public defender who has been involved in the case-load issue for three decades, says that an attorney has 1,650 to 1,800 hours per year to dedicate to actual casework. (A 52-week, 40-hour work schedule would have 2,080 hours.)



It's hard to measure exact caseloads in local courts, but the math suggests that each of Yakima's five public defense contractors take on nearly 800 cases a year.

"I believe when you get into that range it is unlikely that a lawyer can provide consistently good representation," Boruchowitz said.

Adding to the time demand are cases that require researching immigration implications or meeting with an interpreter, among other examples, Boruchowitz said.

The 800 estimate for Yakima comes from the fact that about 75 percent, and perhaps more, of defendants are represented by a public defender. The rest hire their own lawyer or resolve the case on their own, city attorneys say.

The numbers might shift further under formulas to count some lesser cases -- such as third-degree suspended driver's license violations and probation cases -- as partial cases. Third-degree license suspensions, which take less time, can make up a third or so of a court's criminal caseload. However, Fessler said adequate review is still necessary to consider the impact of a suspension.

Troy Lee, the Yakima attorney who heads the firm that provides most of Yakima's public defenders, says he believes the state bar's proposal goes too far.

Like city attorney Cutter, he questions where new attorneys would come, whether they would have enough experience and how the city would fund them.

And Lee said questions remain about how the caseload numbers would be interpreted.

For example, defense attorneys may not want to appear at arraignments -- as they do now to speed case processing -- in order to keep their official caseload count down.

Local public defenders have enough time to do their job, Lee said. He said that if the lower numbers were imposed, he might not have enough work to fill a week. He said he already doesn't take on many private cases.

"I could see a lot of scenarios that people haven't thought through. It's just 'let's pass this rule and see what happens.' That's the wrong approach," said Lee, who has held the city's public defense contract for about five years.

Thom is receiving due process. He is adequately represented by a defense attorney. His legal rights are being fully protected. The system is working just as it should.

Troy Lee, the Yakima attorney who heads the firm that provides most of Yakima's public defenders, says he believes the state bar's proposal goes too far...

Local public defenders have enough time to do their job, Lee said. He said that if the lower numbers were imposed, he might not have enough work to fill a week....
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2011/10/29/supreme-court-rule-would-limit-public-defender-caseloads-require-more-staff-for-city

this can not be considered a a standing up to the power of the state anywhere but in the lala land that is Firefly's brain.