confidence in lawyer-client relationship

Your lawyer is obliged to offer the best defense possible. It is not up to him to judge you. In the instance where he knows that you are guilty, he needs to offer alternate thories of the crime, so that the jury will come back with a "not guilty" verdict, based on reasonable doubt. Another thing that he might do, is attempt to free you based on some legal technicality.

Remember, a "not guilty" verdict does not mean the person is innocent. All that it says was that the law could not prove guilt, beyond a reasonable doubt.

Sorry to intrude but it's strange how many people don't get that. There is no assumption of anything when someone is charged with an offence (well in most jurisdictions I think). I mean it's sort of like a null hypothesis. Just because someone is charged means nothing (legally at least). Judgement is suspended until the jury (or judge/s) return the verdict.

So if someone is found "not guilty" it's got nothing to do with any assumption about guilt or innocence because guilt or innocence didn't come into it in the first place. It was a null zone.

In theory anyway.

So that might shine a different light on the question.