×
You've used up your 3 free articles for this month. Subscribe today.
Massachusetts Court Imposes Time Limits For Unrepresented Criminal Defendants
Loaded on March 15, 2005
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2005, page 41
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts held that if an attorney is unavailable to represent an indigent criminal defendant, the defendant must be released within 7 days and the case against that defendant dismissed within 45 days.This consolidated case arose from separate actions brought by the Committee for Public ...
Full article and associated cases available to subscribers.
As a digital subscriber to Prison Legal News, you can access full text and downloads for this and other premium content.
Already a subscriber? Login
More from this issue:
- California Corrections System Officially Declared Dysfunctional" - Redemption Doubtful
- Pay To Play: Guard Union Spreads the Wealth
- New York Jail Settles Strip-Search Suit For $2.7 Million
- Five Florida Cases Remanded for Award of Jail or Prison Credits
- South Carolina Prison Officials Cheat Charity, Attempt Coverup
- Washington Guards Settle Lawsuits For $7,270,000 And $810,000, Lose Third
- Ohio Lawyer Suspended for Promising Favor from Judge for Money
- Harsher Oregon Parole Statute Cannot Be Applied Retroactively
- From the Editor
- Problems Plague Illinois Jails And Prisons, Employees Watch Television for Pay, by Michael Rigby
- Connecticut Woman Gang-Raped In Sheriff's Van Settles Suit For $480,000
- Prison Population Still Rising in Mid-Year 2003
- Exhaustion of Administrative Remedy Requirement May be Excused
- Wrongfully-Convicted Missouri Woman Receives $7.5 Million After 16 Years in Prison
- Judges Of Death, by Mumia Abu-Jamal
- U.S. v. Booker: The Left Wing Gives and the Right Wing Takes Away, by David Zuckerman
- Delaware Prisoner's $100,000 Damage Award For Retaliation Upheld
- Fulton County Jail under Federal Control
- 9th Circuit Explains Habeas Jurisdiction Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, Upholds Washington Transfer to Priv
- NO FTCA or IIED Claims Stated in Oregon Testicular Radiation Case
- Uprising by Vermont Prisoners Damages CCA Prison in Kentucky, by Matthew Clarke
- Destruction of Exculpatory Disciplinary Evidence May Violate Due Process Clause
- New York Jail's Strip Search Policy Permanently Enjoined
- Oregon Ban On Sexually Explicit Mail, Fantasy Games Upheld, State Law Claims Remanded
- Washington Community Custody Sanctions Upheld
- Delaware Prisoner Killed In Hostage Standoff, Counselor Raped
- Summary Judgment Reversed In Los Angeles Jail Over-Detention Suit
- Harsh Pre-trial Conditions of Confinement Justify Reduced Federal Sentence
- Fourth Circuit Reinstates Federal Prisoner's FTCA Claim
- Pennsylvania Statute Banning Sex Between Staff and Prisoners Upheld
- $78,435 in Attorney Fees for Successful Challenge to Pennsylvania's Megan's Law
- PHS and Florida Sheriff Fight Over Liability in Jail Beating Death Suit
- Mailbox Rule Applies to Texas Prisoners Civil Filings
- Civil Punitive Damages On Top Of Criminal Punishment Is Not Double Punishment
- Arizona Appellate Court Vacates Restitution Order In Escape Case
- Idaho Prisoner States Valid Retaliation Claim Against Parole Commission
- Lucasville: The Untold Story of a Prison Uprising, by Karen Thimmes
- Missouri Post-Conviction Proceedings Not Encompassed By PLRA Payment Scheme
- Massachusetts Court Imposes Time Limits For Unrepresented Criminal Defendants
- News in Brief:
- Washington Absconding Does Not Toll LFO Collection Statue
More from these topics:
- Indiana Supreme Court Clarifies Framework for Determining When Courts May Apply Cash Bail to Public-Defender Costs and to Fines, Costs, and Fees, June 15, 2024. Appointment of Counsel, Costs, Restitution, Bail Bonds.
- Study Finds Public Defenders’ Heavy Workloads Prevent Effective Representation, Amendments to 50-Year-Old Guidelines Recommended, Feb. 15, 2024. Public Defenders, Strickland Standard, Per se ineffectiveness.
- Nevada Prisoner Wins Injunction Requiring DOC to Provide Exercise Despite Guard Shortage, Jan. 1, 2024. Staffing, Exercise, Appointment of Counsel, Injunctions (PLRA), Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Class Actions, Right to Exercise.
- After Mississippi Supreme Court Announcement, Courts Unprepared to Ensure Poor Defendants Have a Lawyer Throughout the Criminal Process, Dec. 15, 2023. Appointment of Counsel, Counsel - Right to.
- Convicted Sex Offender Now a Licensed Attorney in Washington State, Oct. 15, 2023. Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Attorneys.
- Eighth Circuit: Defendant Facing Revocation of Supervised Release Did Not Knowingly and Voluntarily Waive Right to Counsel Where Appointed Counsel Admittedly Knew Nothing About Case and Advised Choosing Between ‘Big House or the Nut House’, April 15, 2023. Appointment of Counsel, Mental Health, Knowingly and Intelligently, Counsel - Right to.
- Colorado Supreme Court Announces Courts Not Required to Address All 11 Brown Factors in Ruling on Defendant’s Motion for Continuance to Change Counsel, Aug. 15, 2022. Appointment of Counsel, Ends of Justice Continuances, Counsel - Effective Assistance of.
- ABA Says Oregon Needs 1,296 More Public Defenders, May 15, 2022. Public Defenders.
- Colorado Supreme Court Announces Parents’ Income That’s Unavailable to Defendant Who Lives With Them Expense-Free Not Included in Indigency Determination for Court-Appointed Counsel, May 1, 2022. Appointment of Counsel, Indigent Defendants - Fees and Expenses.
- Who Defends the Public Defenders?, Dec. 15, 2021. Attorney Misconduct, Public Defenders.