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The June 1 News article regarding SB 1088, which virtually eliminates private court-appointed attorneys from representing indigent citizens, contained...
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Discharge court-appointed counsel
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A trial court erred when it failed to engage in an independent inquiry to determine if a defendant was entitled to court-appointed counsel, a Maryland appellate court has ruled.
The defendant was charged with second-degree assault. She appeared before the court without counsel, and told the trial judge she couldn't afford private counsel and that the Public Defender's Office had said she was ineligible for representation.
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The Legislature passed a $21 million emergency measure in this week's special session to pay court-appointed lawyers across West Virginia. Those involved in the system say the money can't come soon enough.
Gov. Joe Manchin proposed the supplemental appropriation amid complaints of a chronic backlog of past-due fee payments owed by the state's Public Defender Services.
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The Florida Legislature's recent passage of SB 1088 relating to court-appointed counsel is appalling.
SB 1088, passed during the regular session, cr...
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H. Curtis Meanor (argued), Marianne C. Tolomeo, Podvey, Sachs, Meanor, Catenacci, Hildner & Cocoziello, Newark, NJ, for appellant.
Edna B. Axelrod, M...
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Appointed counsel; civil contempt; due process; Fourteenth amendment; Indigent; Physical liberty; Purge hearing; Purge; Section 10, Artical I of the Ohio Constitution; Section 16, Artical I of the Ohio Constitution Sixth amendment;
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Confrontation Clause, motion to suppress, ineffective assistance of counsel, stipulation, waiver, Fourth Amendment, investigative stop, Terry stop, financial sanctions, open court, sentencing entry, sentencing hearing, court-appointed counsel fees, methamphetamine.
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A state is not vicariously liable for the negligence of counsel appointed to represent an indigent criminal defendant, the Arizona Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a denial of summary judgment. The plaintiff served five years in prison before having three felony convictions thrown out on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel.
He sued the state for negligently hiring and supervising the private attorney who had been appointed to represent him in his criminal case. The attorney had provided his services under a contract with the state to represent indigent defendants.
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appointed counsel, Ohio Supreme Court, discretionary appeal