Today's random advice:

Don't piss off your appointed defense counsel when you're facing up to a decade in prison. You wouldn't have appointed counsel if you could afford a "real" lawyer. The victim is not on your side. The judge is not on your side. The police are not on your side. The prosecutor is most definitely not on your side. The only one looking out for you is defense counsel.

Of course, one has a Constitutional right to counsel. See... the thing is, however, you are only entitled to minimally competent counsel. You aren't entitled to "good," "great," "ambitious," "driven," or "intelligent" counsel. You surely aren't entitled to counsel that gives a fuck. You're entitled to competent counsel. If all you want is competent counsel, then feel free to be an asshole. Otherwise, it pays to work with your appointed defense counsel in most cases.

This has been a "likely to be completely ignored" public service announcement.