[quote=stanley vincent;887077]In my opinion. Being at the mercy off your Lawyer knowledge is a one way ticket to prison. The PP we all write all file ineffective council. Why, Because after the fact they released they had no real defence. There Lawyers forgot to ask questions or submit evidence or summons witness. It is your "behind" that is on the line, and at the end off the day your lawyer go,s home to a nice warn bed paid for by you, and you go to a cement cell as ingent.

If you do not review your defence with your lawyer, work together, and look over the discloser yourself, basically letting your Lawyer make all the decisions for your defence your are asking to go to prison. I could give many examples. There is the Ronnie Kimble case ...

In closing always take the stand in your defence. If your lawyer asked you not to testify your dealing on imperils off Justice.[quote]


I am very familiar with the Ronnie Kimble case. While defense counsel could have done a better job, contributing much more to his conviction was the prosecutorial misconduct over which defense counsel had no control.

Respectfully, I could not disagree more with your thought that the accused should "always" take the stand in his or her own defense. In many cases the accused has a criminal record which can be explored by the prosecution before the jury. Thus, by taking the stand, the defendant runs the risk of being convicted based on past acts as opposed to the one standing trial for. And then too, oftentimes a defendant is simply not intelligent enough to recognize and avoid a prosecutor's efforts at tripping him or her up on cross examination.