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Prohibits a prevailing defendant from being awarded attorney’s fees and costs unless the court finds the action was frivolous, unreasonable, or groundless when brought or that the plaintiff continued to litigate after it clearly became so. [read post]
10 Jul 2018, 4:42 am by SHG
One particularly problematic indigent defender** recently found it necessary to not only proclaim his greatness, but to note that he had never, and would never, dirty himself by being a private criminal defense lawyer. [read post]
25 Jun 2018, 9:00 am by Adam Faderewski
Underwood practiced law from his home in Comstock and gained repute for cases involving the Fourth Amendment and establishing the right of an indigent defendant to expert assistance. [read post]
23 Jun 2018, 3:39 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Given that Austin PD's DNA lab has already been shut down because they were performing the tests wrong, it's not hard to imagine some cases aren't aggressively pursued when they should be.Bexar should reject calls for managed-assigned-counselThe SA Express News editorial board argued that Bexar County needs to a) spend more on indigent defense but also b) spend more on oversight to make sure it's getting quality defense for the money it's spending. [read post]
30 May 2018, 12:50 pm by John Floyd
The parish Indigent Defender Board (“IDB”) was appointed to represent McCoy. [read post]
28 May 2018, 4:24 am by SHG
  There is no neutral board or commission that appoints the chief in Allegheny County. [read post]
12 May 2018, 7:07 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The program pays for treatment which may otherwise only be accessed by indigent people if they're arrested and ordered into treatment as a punishment. [read post]
20 Apr 2018, 5:17 am by SHG
State Public Defender Jay Dixon, a member of the Public Defender Board, told Mother Jones that to meet the requirement of the bill, funding from legal aid groups will almost certainly be cut. [read post]
4 Apr 2018, 4:49 am by Mario Machado
Part of the problem is that an argument can be made that unless and until criminal public defenders (whose clients are mostly citizens) are properly funded, no money should go to indigent immigration defense. [read post]
21 Mar 2018, 6:05 pm by Steve Vladeck
Davis, a case about the standard that an indigent prisoner must meet in order to receive funding in support of a habeas petition for “investigative, expert, or other services [that] are reasonably necessary for the representation of the defendant, whether in connection with issues relating to guilt or the sentence. [read post]
20 Feb 2018, 1:48 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Here today with our good friend Amanda Marzullo, whose day job is Executive Director at Texas Defender Service. [read post]
25 Jan 2018, 12:24 pm by John Floyd
  By December 2009, a serious conflict of interest had developed between McCoy and the public defender’s office—not an uncommon occurrence in indigent cases. [read post]
1 Jan 2018, 7:56 am by MBettman
In this case, the Court was faced with the question of how many times a criminal defendant could be retried. [read post]
14 Nov 2017, 3:39 am by SHG
Now, after a decade in operation, the founder of the Freedom Fund is set to announce a new and unprecedented effort: the nation’s first fund designed to post bail for more than 150,000 indigent defendants being jailed across the country. [read post]
6 Nov 2017, 2:04 pm by Kenneth Vercammen Esq. Edison
(e) Any person accused of a violation of this section who is liable to punishment imposed by this section as a second or subsequent offender shall be entitled to the same rights of discovery as allowed defendants pursuant to the Rules Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey. [read post]
1 Nov 2017, 7:32 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Glad they hired someone who will be familiar with the DNA mixture controversy, as well as Texas crime-lab people and practices.The Texas Indigent Defense Commission hired Geoffrey Burkhart, a public defender out of Illinois, to replace Jim Bethke as executive director. [read post]
24 Oct 2017, 7:56 am by Gritsforbreakfast
You said to me earlier that this was really kind of similar to how defense attorneys approach defending their client. [read post]
19 Sep 2017, 6:34 am by Phil Dixon
In addition to the SOG faculty, we rely on volunteer attorneys from the Office of Indigent Defense Services, public defender offices, and members of the private bar from around the state to provide the best educational experience that we can. [read post]