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Originally Posted by Rochard
Donny's biggest problem is he cannot afford an attorney and the public defender is "less than motivated". He'll sink himself.
On top of it, it seems they have two people arrested on similar charges - the sheriff and Donny. They will play them against each other.
This will end badly for Donny.
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Not too long ago I watched this documentary called Gideon's Army. It is about public defenders in Georgia. Obviously, that is a different state, but I think the idea is the same. The public defenders in this movie all were handling somewhere in the area of 130-150 cases at a time. They basically only have the time and energy to focus on a few cases where they really believe the person is innocent. Otherwise they essentially just try to get you some kind of plea deal.
I would not be shocked if the public defender sees Donny's past and decides his is not the kind of case they are willing to put a lot of effort into.