Post Texas Bond - Appointed Attorney or Hire Myself?

Post Texas Bond - Ask for Appointed Attorney or Hire Myself? (OPINION ONLY)

A lot of times it's asked that when somebody makes bonds, should and do they qualify for a court-appointed attorney? Or should they try to go out and hire an attorney?

But first things first - to get an Appointed Attorney a Defendant must generally make a sworn application. Depending on the factors such as employment or assets the Court will assign counsel. But generally speaking, the Court is more liberal in the approach as they prefer Defendants to have counsel in order to prevent future appeals, new trials, etc.

And again, remember, receiving Court Appointed Counsel is not connected to making bond as they are both separate issues and as is common it is usually a 3rd party making the bond thus not related to that Defendant’s own financial circumstances.

Now with that said, the reality, it kind of depends. This is purely my own personal opinion. Smaller cases and things like that, being a DWI or possession of marijuana, it's probably okay to use a court appointed attorney. They're probably just gonna be able to get you the standard deal. But sometimes, they know how localisims occur and sometimes that can help. Generally, if it's a more serious charge, a totally life-altering charge, assault, selling, controlled substances, etc. and it's something you're going to fight, I would probably, if possible, try to hire an attorney. And maybe even an attorney out of county, so they're not subject to the political local pressures. Opinion only.

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