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CPCS was established in 1983 by the Massachusetts Legislature in Chapter 673 of the Acts of 1983. [10] It consolidated scattered previous programs including the Massachusetts Defenders Committee (MDC) (a public defender program established in 1960), the County Bar Advocate Program (a court-appointed counsel program affiliated with bar associations in most Massachusetts counties), and the ...
For many defendants, it is in their best interest to testify against co-defendants in exchange for a reduced sentence. To ensure that each defendant is afforded their constitutional right to an effective defense, jurisdictions may have several public defender entities, or a "conflict panel" of private practice attorneys.
In criminal cases where the defendant faces at least one year of imprisonment, the defendant has the right to legal counsel. [13] Although there is a right to legal defense, there is no organized public defender system. Instead, any lawyer can be appointed to provide counsel to a specific defendant, and the defendant can select a specific lawyer.
The High Court of Australia ruled in Dietrich v The Queen that while indigent defendants are not entitled to legal defense as a guaranteed right, a judge should typically grant a request for an adjournment or stay in most serious criminal cases where a defendant is unrepresented, and should allow a trial where a defendant accused of a serious ...
DINWIDDIE – Commonwealth's Attorney Amanda Nicole Mann has decided to not prosecute the final two defendants in the March 6, 2023, death of a mental patient in law-enforcement custody at Central ...
constitutional status of a death-qualified jury: Pickering v. Board of Education: 391 U.S. 563 (1968) public employees' free speech rights Terry v. Ohio: Criminal procedure: 392 U.S. 1 (1968) search and seizure, power of police to stop and frisk suspicious persons Flast v. Cohen: 392 U.S. 83 (1968) taxpayer standing: United States v ...
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In all, four of Trump's co-defendants have pleaded guilty in the case and are cooperating with prosecutors. The case is on hold while an appellate court decides whether Fulton County District ...