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Publication • March 1, 2014
NACDL - Gideon at 50, Indigent Defense Report, 2014 Gideon at 50: A Three-Part Examination of Indigent Defense in America Part 2 — Redefining Indigence: Financial Eligibility Guidelines for Assigned Counsel SIXTH AMENDMENT: IN ALL CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS, THE ACCUSED SHALL ENJOY THE RIGHT TO A SPEEDY AND PUBLIC TRIAL, BY …
Brief • January 7, 2014
N.P. v. State of Georgia, GA, Complaint, Inadequate PD Office Class Action, 2014 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF FULTON COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA FILED IN OFFICE It" ) JAN 07 2014 ~ N.P. by his next friend, ) DEPUTY CLERK SUPERIOR COURT SHANEKA DARDEN, ) FULTON COUNTY GA S.C., by …
Article • December 15, 2013 • from PLN December, 2013
Kansas Supreme Court Vacates Attorney Fee Reimbursement Order by The Kansas Supreme Court vacated a sentencing court’s order requiring a criminal defendant to reimburse Board of Indigents’ Defense Services (BIDS) attorney fees, for failing to make appropriate findings on the record. Morgan Wade was convicted of killing his former girlfriend …
Federal Justice Grants Favor Prosecution, Law Enforcement Over Indigent Defense by A report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has confirmed what many criminal defendants too poor to afford an attorney have long suspected: While hundreds of millions in federal tax dollars go to support prosecutors, law enforcement and prisons …
Publication • September 30, 2013
Filed under: Public Defenders
Evaluation of Harris County TX Pub. Defender Justice Center 2013 Improving Indigent Defense: Evaluation of the Harris County Public Defender S ep t emb er 3 0 , 2 0 13 Dr. Tony Fabelo Carl Reynolds Jessica Tyler Prepared by the Council of State Governments Justice Center, with the support …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
A ‘Nobody’s’ Legacy: How a Semi-literate Ex-con Changed the Legal System by M. Alex Johnson by M. Alex Johnson and Vidya Rao, NBC News If you've heard of Clarence Earl Gideon at all, it’s probably because of a movie you had to watch in school. He deserves better, though, because …
Supreme Court Adopts Strickland Prejudice Standard for Rejected Plea Bargains by Derek Gilna The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, has extended Strickland guarantees of effective legal representation to defendants entering into plea bargains. According to Justice Anthony Kennedy, who delivered the majority opinion of the Court, “The reality …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
States Create Special Commissions to Study Flat-Fee Indigent Defense by Joe Watson Some states may soon be doing more to guarantee the Sixth Amendment right to counsel for indigent criminal defend-ants. Special commissions have been convened in Nevada, Idaho, Michigan and Pennsylvania to investigate how flat-fee contracts with private defense …
Publication • July 1, 2012
State Indigent Defense Expenditures 2008-2012 BJS 2014 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics JULY 2014 Revised 10/24/2014 Special Report NCJ 246684 State Government Indigent Defense Expenditures, FY 2008–2012 – Updated Erinn Herberman, Ph.D., and Tracey Kyckelhahn, Ph.D., BJS Statisticians I n 2012, state governments …
Article • May 15, 2012
Michigan Supreme Court Reverses Its Own Decision Allocating Greater Funding for State’s Public Defender Offices by Derek Gilna By Derek Gilna In an unusual decision, criticized by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Michigan Supreme Court on July 17 reversed itself and threw out a lawsuit that would have required …
Brief • March 13, 2012
Kirkland v. DiLeo, NJ, Complaint, Judicial Misconduct, 2012 03/13/2012 08:47 AM 5C8EB 97697 Min t D4c166 e riEtied B26.21802228Piltje agel 8 difatje gt6B947 12aw021X246- Michael P. Rubas, Esq. (MPR8484) DI MAGGIO & RUBAS, LLC 100 Morris Avenue, Suite 103 Springfield, New Jersey 07081 (973) 258-9100 M ichael@Dimaggio-Ruhas.corn Attorneys for Plaintiffs …
Article • February 15, 2012
Florida: Legislature's Attempt to Shift Overhead Costs of Appointed Counsel for Indigents from State to Counties Deemed Unconstitutional by The Florida Supreme Court has held that section 19 of chapter 2007-62, Laws of Florida, impermissibly shifts responsibility for funding overhead costs of court-appointed counsel from the state to the counties, …
Brief • June 9, 2011
Wilbur v. City of Mount Vernon, WA, Complaint, Indigent Counsel Services, 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF SKAGIT 8 9 10 11 12 JOSEPH JEROME WILBUR, a Washington resident; JEREMIAH RAY MOON, a Washington resident; and ANGELA …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
Study Highlights the Burden of Fees, Debt Collection on Criminal Defendants by Derek Gilna In an October 2010 report examining the fifteen states that have the highest prison populations, the Brennan Center for Justice found that the practices of imposing new “user fees” on criminal defendants, raising the amounts of …
Mohave County, Arizona Appointed Counsel Selection System Unconstitutional by On April 3, 1984, the Supreme Court of Arizona held that the system of selecting and compensating appointed counsel in Mohave County, Arizona, violated the constitutional rights to due process and counsel. Joe. U. Smith was convicted of burglary, sexual assault …
Washington State Supreme Court Allows Withdrawal of Juvenile's Guilty Plea to Sex Offense by On January 28, 2010, the Supreme Court of Washington State issued an opinion allowing a juvenile to withdraw a guilty plea to a sex offense due to ineffective assistance of appointed counsel and misunderstanding the charge. …
Article • April 15, 2011
Underfunding, Excessive Caseload Not Adequate Basis for Public Defender to Withdraw in Florida by Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal held on May 13, 2009 that public defenders cannot withdraw from representing defendants on the grounds that a conflict of interest exists due to underfunding, excessive caseload, or the prospective …
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
Texas Capital Defendants with Hired Attorneys Rarely Receive Death Sentences by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In February 2010, the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) published an issue brief on the relationship between hired defense counsel and the death penalty. The brief concluded that defendants charged with …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Alabama’s Indigent Defense System “Perfect Storm” for Ineffective Assistance by David Reutter by David M. Reutter “Alabama’s right-to-counsel system has the ‘perfect storm’ of characteristics that virtually guarantee ineffective assistance of counsel to the poor,” observed David Carroll, research director for the National Legal Aid & Defender Association. Carroll was …
Article • January 15, 2010
CJA Reimbursements Unappealable, Tenth Circuit Decides by Attorneys appointed pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act (CJA) cannot appeal CJA compensation or reimbursements, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit decided February 24, 2009. William Lunn was appointed to represent Sheila French at a resentencing proceeding. Lunn submitted a …
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