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Texas - Can I Still Get a Court Appointed Attorney If I Make Bond?
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“Hello everyone. Rey from BailBondBidsNow.com, a recovering criminal lawyer. One question that's typically comes up is “What if I receive court appointed counsel - can I still keep that court appointed counsel if I made bond?” The answer is yes. A lot of times state judges will try to insinuate that if you made a bond or you made a high bond then you are not entitled or you cannot ask for a court appointed attorney. This is absolutely false reason being there islaw that just because you get you make a bond does not mean that it correlates to one’s necessity for court appointed counsel.
Making bond and qualifying for court appointed counsel are legally and factually independent and rely on totally different factors regardless of what that judge tries to insinuate. In making bond it’s quite common that other people pay that bond and likewise other people are not required to hire a lawyer for you. On the other hand sometimes you have used your last resources to make that Bond. Being assigned appointed counsel is based on one’s income and assets.
It is quite common for counties to try not to appoint counsel as they are trying to save money. Again, the law is specific in not conflicting the two issues. I know it’s nerve-wracking. I know its scary. But if you need that court appointed attorney you have to push for it because you should not represent yourself in a criminal court.
Likewise in order to try to reduce the amount paid for bond so you can work on obtaining a lawyer which is why we developed BailBondBidsNow.com. Put information in for your loved one once and allow the local bail bond companies to compete with each other by offering the best terms, prices, payment plans, use of collateral, etc. Hopefully this can help if your loved one is ever in a bind. Thanks for listening.”
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