Proffitt & Associates Family Law 917 Franklin St. For productive conversations with attorneys, refrain from admitting your guilt or sharing unrelated details. Stick to the relevant facts, trust your legal counsel, and maintain a clear and focused dialogue. At some point, defendants and their attorneys inevitably discuss the facts underlying criminal charges. An attorney must know the case at least in some detail.
Otherwise, the lawyer cannot effectively advise the client on the feasibility of going to trial or on defense theories (for example, self-defense or the fact that another person is responsible). With the client's information and the prosecution's discovery, the lawyer can begin to develop a strategy. But not all lawyers want the same minutiae.