Define overreaching?
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Status Update: Supreme Court
Somehow I missed it two weeks ago when the President took umbrage with my favorite Supreme Court era, claiming that the Warren and Berger Courts made an error by being “ liberal judicial activists.” Glenn Greenwald explains, “Now, there’s nothing sacrosanct about those courts, and there’s nothing pe ...
Public defenders work for those who can't get private attorneys ...
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Legal Aid Suit Moves Forward in New York | NBC New York
The firm filed the suit with the New York Civil Liberties Union. Greenberg was referring to the historical 1963 Supreme Court ruling, Gideon v. Wainwright, that said poor people facing criminal charges have the right to a lawyer. ...
The Criminal Lawyer» Blog Archive » The System is Broken: NY Ct ...
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The Law is Beautiful
At Fastcase we are a bit obsessed with slick data visualizations. So it should come as no surprise that we are gaga over Jonathon Feinberg’s brilliant web app, Wordle. This delightful app generates gorgeous “word clouds” from any text that you feed it. You can cut and paste text directly or even typ ...
Suit Challenging New York’s Public Defense System Can Proceed
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Suit Challenging New York’s Public Defense System Can Proceed
New York’s highest court ruled Thursday that a broad class-action suit challenging the state’s system of providing public defenders can move forward because there are enough signs that the system is failing poor people. The 4-to-3 ruling by the State Court of Appeals came in a closely watched suit t ...
Suit Over Legal Aid Advances in New York- This bears Watching it ...
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Gideon's Trumpet Heard in New York
Washington, DC (May 6, 2010) – The New York Court of Appeals ruled today in the case of Hurrell-Harring, et al. v. New York that indigent defendants denied their constitutional right to counsel do not have to be first convicted before seeking to vindicate that right. Until now, indigent defendants h ...
BURTON v. STATE - Leagle.com
BURTON v. STATE Leagle.com [ 1 ] Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 US 335 (1963). In civil proceedings, however, there is no corollary to the Sixth Amendment right to counsel. ... |
Minnesota's overworked, understaffed public defenders ask: Is justice being ... - Pioneer Press
Minnesota's overworked, understaffed public defenders ask: Is justice being ... Pioneer Press He points to the 1963 US Supreme Court decision, Gideon vs. Wainwright, which determined that states must provide legal representation to defendants who ... |
STATE v. WRAY - Leagle.com
STATE v. WRAY Leagle.com McFadden, 292 NC 609, 234 SE2d 742 (1977), and Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 US 335, 9 L. Ed. 2d 799 (1963)). In certain situations a defendant may lose this ... |
COMMONWEALTH v. MARTIN - Leagle.com
COMMONWEALTH v. MARTIN Leagle.com Fulminante, 499 US 279, 309-10 (1991) (citing "total deprivation of the right to counsel at trial" that occurred in Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 US 335 (1963) ... |
