Does a 2 years mandatory for a felony firearm charge mean they have to spend the entire 2 years in jail?

You can never be assured of getting a skilled public defender. And you get no replacement if you are not happy. Invest in his future and hire your own private counsel who will care about the case.

If convicted of FF a 2 year mandatory sentence is added to run consecutively to your sentence on other charges. ? you will be randomly assigned an attorney by whatever judge is making assignments that week.? most are very good and know their way around the courts and judges. You'd have to have a serious problem to get a new appt'd attorney, it is not.

For Felony Firearm, in Michigan, you have to serve the whole two years first before any other sentence. The courts appoint the lawyer.? Your grandson has the option of going with that lawyer or hiring his own. If the appointed lawyer is not doing a good job then he can ask for another lawyer and the judge will have to decide the matter.

All court appointed attorneys have been screened by the court in order to be approved to be on the list. If convicted of a crime that has a two-year mandatory minimum sentence, then yes he would have to spend at least two years in prison and that sentence would be served consecutively or after any other sentence of any other crimes that he was convicted of was served. In other words, he serves his other sentence first and then the two year minimum sentence after that is complete. Courts will not allow a defendant to keep picking and choosing his court appointed attorney until he finds one that he likes best. The court will only replace his attorney for good cause. You are always free to retain your own lawyer at any time.