Q: Can a person with a court appointed lawyer request a new lawyer or hire a new lawyer?
My sister was wrongfully arrested in Dec 2018 for possession of my legal prescription of Xyrem prescribed to me for narcolepsy. She was pulled over for an "illegal right hand turn" by the city of Woodstock. They found my medication after she gave consent to search. She was dropping off a friend and then was bringing it to me since I had dropped it in her car. She is listed as my Caretaker for the pharma company. Her BF had left his stuff in her car so in fear she "shoved it" it was found "in her" at the jail so the charges were added for crossing guard lines with baggie/pipe. I'm not saying she was right but she never should have been arrested in the first place. period. I proved that the medication was mine legally so she wasn't ticketed for the "illegal right hand turn" and wasn't indicted for my medication, she only got indicted for the crossing guard lines with and the pipe and baggie. We need real help help. The police won't return my medication and it cost $4,500 a bottle.
A:
You can certainly hire a lawyer if you have funds to do so. It’s not likely that they will appoint you a new lawyer, but it happens occasionally.
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