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On remand, 153 So. 2d 299 (Fla. 1963); defendant acquitted, Bay County, Florida Circuit Court (1963) Holding; The Sixth Amendment right to counsel is a fundamental right applied to the states via the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution's Due Process Clause, and requires that indigent criminal defendants be provided counsel at ...
Ruling Thursday in a case filed this year by the Federal Public Defender's Office, U.S. District Judge Michael Oregon must get criminal defendants attorneys within 7 days or release them from jail ...
Brown County Circuit Judge Thomas Walsh granted part of a motion made by a group of attorneys representing eight indigent defendants − who are the plaintiffs in this case − by requiring the 10 ...
Alabama that counsel had to be provided at no expense to defendants in capital cases when they so requested, even if there was no "ignorance, feeble mindedness, illiteracy, or the like." [14] Gideon v. Wainwright explicitly overruled Betts v. Brady and found that counsel must be provided to indigent defendants in all felony cases. [15] Under ...
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.
Under the change, defendants are presumed to be able to pay the kinds of restitution that include indigent-defense repayment. Previously, the ability to pay was assessed case by case during and ...
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.
5.1.3 Certain expenses for indigent defendants. ... 5.1.6 Right to present a defense. ... Such cases have come to comprise a substantial portion of the Supreme Court ...