The Pretrial Justice Institute and the Sixth Amendment Center jointly release a new report, Early Appointment of Counsel: The Law, Implementation, and Benefits, that concludes that the justice goals of the criminal court systems will be best served where every…
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Maryland Supreme Court orders attorneys at bail hearings
Pleading the Sixth: On September 25, 2013, the Maryland Supreme Court reaffirmed its earlier holding that the right to counsel applies to all bail hearings before a commissioner. In effect, this undoes legislative attempts – created in the wake of an…
Tagged with: bail, case law - state courts, early appointment of counsel, litigation - systemic, Maryland
A showdown brewing over Early Case Resolution programs in Reno
Pleading the Sixth: In January 2008, the Nevada Supreme Court removed the judiciary from the oversight of indigent defense services. On June 8, 2012, a Washoe County (Reno) District Judge tested that mandate with his own administrative order imposing an…
Tagged with: bail, early appointment of counsel, first appearance, Nevada, standards, Ten Principles
Maryland OPD receives 7.4% budget increase to staff bail hearings
Pleading the Sixth: In DeWolfe v. Richmond, the Maryland Supreme Court found that existing statutes require the right to counsel at bail hearings and reviews. The General Assembly reacted by increasing the budget of the Office of the Public Defender nearly 7.4%…
Tagged with: bail, early appointment of counsel, first appearance, funding, litigation - systemic, Maryland
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