My rating for Mr.
My rating for Mr. Lopinot is as a lawyer not a judge. I would say one star would be generous. I had a case in which another lawyer was handling my case. That lawyer ended up leaving the firm and my case was handed to him. Immediately he started trying to talk me into pleading guilty to the charges. I explained to him why I felt I was innocent and why I didn't want to plead. Never did he inform me that he was also tur lead public defende,, as public defenders are known for copping pleas.... One day we went to court and I was told by Mr. Lopinot that if I did not make a plea in this case that the judge told him that if I didn't plead guilty and went to trial and lost that he would ask for more than the minimum sentence. Well I was looking at 6-30 years. At the time I was in my early 20s and that scared me half to death... So I said ok.. I asked if I could have time to speak to call my family and speak to them I was told yes...But that didn't happen within 10 minutes I was in front of the judge...I wanted to tell the judge what was said but I didn't. I went home and discussed it with my family and I decided 8 made a mistake. I contacted him and told him I wanted to withdraw my plea.. He wouldn't do it. in fact told me I couldn't... I tool the plea was told certain things would be a certain way. Nothing in thst plea deal had been followed through with. 20+ years later Im still suffering because I was lied to. Because he coerced me into pleading guilty and then refused to do with draw my plea. He treated me like a second hand citizen from the time of our first meeting....