THE CLIENTS.

if my client wants a trial then s/he's gonna have one (unless the case is dismissed). period. that's the law. that's the Constitution at work. i can't force my client to resolve a case if s/he doesn't want to resolve it.

if my client DOESN'T want a trial then there's not gonna be one. even if i think s/he should have a trial. if s/he wants to resolve it w/o trial then that's what happens. even if they have to do an open plea before a judge. it may happen against my advice.

the client drives the bus. we don't.

yeah sometimes i've had to defend clients in cases where there was no good defense. oh well. some times we won - usually we lost. them's the breaks. in all of those as in all cases my client decided s/he wanted trial after hearing my advice. they may have gone against my advice. oops. oh well.