The main difference between PD's and private defense counsel is not intelligence, skill or experience; rather it is the fact that PD's tend to be overworked (and underpaid) and carry such large caseloads that they are oftentimes not able to provide the time and attention that a given client needs or wants. Private lawyers, on the other hand, tend to charge enough to be able to make themselves more accessible to a smaller client base. That said, and although they generally cannot afford to offer up the time and personalized attention that a private lawyer brings to the table (albeit at a price), PD's are almost all excellent attorneys, generally being extremely well-versed in both the law and their courtrooms.
Contrary to popular belief, it is not easy to either get hired as, or to remain employed as, a PD. It takes brains, ethics, effort and commitment. It is an often times thankless job and attorney's who are not committed to it simply do not last. For those who do, however, their client's benefit not only from the day-to-day knowledge of their individual courtrooms (including but not limited to knowing the tendencies of their Judge, their prosecutors and the other instrumental court personnel) but also from the vast resources that the PD brings to the table (investigators, experts, etcetera) without further expense to the client.
All of that said, you are only entitled to court appointed counsel if you are indigent (meaning that you are both unable to afford to hire a lawyer and that you do not have assets sufficient to liquidate so as to retain private counsel), and the Court should conduct a sworn colloquy of your finances before appointing counsel in your case. I urge you not to lie to the Court and, moreover, if you can afford to hire a private lawyer then you are not only legally obligated to do so but it is also the morally correct thing to do. On any measurable scale, and especially in light of the caseload, there are precious few Assistant Public Defenders. Further the Public Defender's Office has scant resources and cannot afford to waste them on folks who have the ability to pay for their own defense.
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