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BTW, did you retain a lawyer or strike a plea with the "mercenaries"? Like always...you like doling out advice you rarely take yourself.
Yep, the one that everyone thinks is free because that is what is implied by "If you can't afford one, then one will be appointed", then yes, wasted 300 bucks.
They make up some rule that you may or may not be aware of, and then charge you under their authorateh, sometimes at the barrel of a gun, and if you don't cooperate, then they will put you in a box, take your money, your family, sometimes your job, they may beat you or even kill you, again, at the barrel of a gun, usually with your hands tied, so I really thought I was being nice by calling them that. Oh, did I mention, they will hold that "violation" against you for the rest of your life. In this case, they are even willing to break their own laws to deny this poor guy a right that they didn't even give.