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Texas law is pretty clear on this. Here’s what the penal code says. ... the defendant is not indigent and has failed to make a good faith effort to discharge the fines and costs; or (2) the ...
The appointment of attorneys for indigent defendants in capital cases is a source of controversy. District Court judges appoint lawyers for trial and a defendant's initial appeal. Of the 131 inmates executed under Governor George W. Bush, 43 were represented by an attorney who at some point has been disbarred, suspended or otherwise sanctioned ...
Exactly which defendants qualify as "indigent" also varies by jurisdiction: Often a state will stipulate a maximum income threshold above which a defendant is not considered to be indigent, and thus does not qualify for a public defender. This threshold may vary depending on the severity of the crime with which a defendant is charged.
A pauper's oath is a sworn statement or oath by a person of being completely destitute or a pauper, without much money or property.. A person without the ability to pay court costs, also known as "being indigent", has the option to swear a pauper's oath to file a lawsuit without paying filing fees.
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]
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 ...
In Texas’ largest city of Houston, the Harris County Commissioner’s Court for the past two years has approved a Memorandum of Understanding with the Vera Institute to provide legal assistance ...
The decision said that Florida's failure to appoint such counsel in Gideon's case constituted a violation of that right and required states to provide counsel free of charge to indigent defendants in all criminal cases in the future. [81] James Blumstein represented himself before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1971. Blumstein had recently moved to ...