She was appointed counsel in March 2002.
Providing poor defendants effective appointed counsel is more than a constitutional obligation.
The federal government should increase support for legal orientation programs and provide appointed counsel.
Considering that 80% of people funneled through our courts rely on court appointed counsel, this is not a small problem.
He also served as U.S. solicitor general (1956-61) and was appointed counsel to the Warren Commission (1963-64), whinvestigatedathe the assassination of Pres.
Minton's political career began in 1933, when he was appointed counsel to the Indiana Public Service Commission, in which capacity he was responsible for reducing the state's utility rates.
The judge urged Mr. Pellicano to accept appointed counsel, but said she would stop him from representing himself only if his behavior became a problem.
The Supreme Court properly ruled this week that the legal standard federal courts should use in deciding if an indigent defendant in a death penalty case can get a new lawyer is whether replacing appointed counsel serves "the interests of justice".
"It is the first step in recognizing that, given the complexity of our immigration laws, it is not appropriate to force a vulnerable population through the system without appointed counsel," Laura L. Lichter, president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, said Wednesday.
But he was "not entitled to choose particular government-paid counsel — military or civilian — and he does not have a right to the continued services of previously appointed counsel," Judge Kaplan ruled.
