DwZ@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoA driver who plowed through a group of cyclists in Arizona, killing 2 and injuring 11, faces a one year prison sentence. His driver’s license will also be suspended for six months.www.azfamily.comexternal-linkmessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1413arrow-down14
arrow-up1409arrow-down1external-linkA driver who plowed through a group of cyclists in Arizona, killing 2 and injuring 11, faces a one year prison sentence. His driver’s license will also be suspended for six months.www.azfamily.comDwZ@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square102fedilink
minus-squareExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·18 hours agoBut that is for criminal cases as far as I know. You will not get a public defender for civil case as far as I know.
minus-squarePyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoApparently so! Today I learned something new! Driver’ll prolly get shafted with court costs, tho…
minus-squareExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 minutes agoI don’t think there are any court costs here. Not something he would be forced to pay. He gets an option to hire a lawyer or represent himself.
But that is for criminal cases as far as I know. You will not get a public defender for civil case as far as I know.
Apparently so! Today I learned something new! Driver’ll prolly get shafted with court costs, tho…
I don’t think there are any court costs here. Not something he would be forced to pay. He gets an option to hire a lawyer or represent himself.