Can you request a new lawyer before your sentencing date after you take a plea agreement?
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Can you request a new lawyer before your sentencing date after you take a plea agreement?
Asked on February 5, 2012 under Criminal Law, Virginia
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If you have private cousel or court appointed counsel with respect to a criminal matter, you can request an new attorney after you have entered into a plea agreement but before actual sentencing with respect to the plea.
If a situation has arisen where you are not comfortable with the legal representation that you have, it is best for you as well as your attorney of record to have a new attorney substituted in place of the current one as your attorney of record.
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