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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.
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 ...
The Sixth Amendment guarantees criminal defendants nine different rights, including the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury consisting of jurors from the state and district in which the crime was alleged to have been committed. Under the impartial jury requirement, jurors must be unbiased, and the jury must consist of a ...
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 ...
Today, the federal government and some states have public defender offices who represent indigent defendants—people who cannot afford attorney fees. [11] At the federal level, there are over 80 federal defender organizations, [11] while at the state level there are over 500 local defender offices. [12]
Eight indigent defendants are named in the lawsuit. The 12 attorneys defending them want them to represent the group of thousands of defendants across the state waiting for attorneys.
5.1.3 Certain expenses for indigent defendants. 5.1.4 Mental competence. 5.1.5 Disclosure of exculpatory and impeachment material. 5.1.6 Right to present a defense.