ABA supports state-funded counsel for indigent parents 
Published: December 21, 2011
Tags: ABA, American Bar Association, right to counsel
The American Bar Association has waded into a debate over state-funded counsel for indigent parents in abused or neglected children cases, filing an amicus brief in support of providing parents with counsel.
The limits of post-conviction right to effective counsel?
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: October 4, 2011
Tags: ineffective assistance, post-conviction relief, right to counsel, Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court debated the limits of a defendant’s constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel in post-conviction proceedings.
Police violated drunk driver’s right to counsel
Published: October 4, 2011
Tags: breath test, drunk driving, right to counsel
Breath test results obtained from a drunk driver were inadmissible because police violated his statutory rights by placing him in a partitioned and monitored booth during his pre-test conversation with counsel, the Iowa Supreme Court has ruled in reinstating a suppression order.
Right to counsel in civil cases?
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: August 30, 2011
Tags: civil cases, right to counsel, Supreme Court
The right to counsel is one of the most established tenets of criminal law. But a recent U.S. Supreme Court case could lead more trial courts to find a right to counsel in civil cases where litigants face the potential loss of liberty or other rights, and procedural protections are lacking.
RIGHT TO COUNSEL
Published: June 20, 2011
Tags: right to counsel
An indigent father’s constitutional rights were violated when he was imprisoned for failing to pay his child support obligation without first being provided counsel or afforded other procedural safeguards.
Supreme Court rules indigent father had right to counsel
Published: June 20, 2011
Tags: child support, civil contempt, fourteenth amendment, right to counsel
An indigent father’s constitutional rights were violated when he was imprisoned for failing to pay child support without first being provided counsel or afforded other procedural safeguards, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a 5-4 decision.
Court finds right to counsel didn’t attach
Published: June 13, 2011
Tags: right to counsel
The right to counsel did not attach when an attorney represented the defendant on an unrelated charge but did not state he would represent him on a murder charge, New York’s highest court has ruled.
Does jail term for child support nonpayment trigger right to counsel?
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: March 23, 2011
Tags: child support, civil contempt, jail, right to counsel, Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court considered Wednesday whether a civil contempt proceeding that results in a jail term triggers the constitutional right to counsel.
RIGHT TO COUNSEL
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: January 10, 2011
Tags: right to counsel
Does the Sixth Amendment afford relief when a state habeas petitioner has rejected a favorable plea bargain because of deficient advice from counsel, even though he was later convicted and sentenced pursuant to a fair trial?
Justices to address right to counsel in plea bargaining
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: January 10, 2011
Tags: habeas, plea bargain, right to counsel, Sixth Amendment
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a state habeas petitioner, who was convicted and sentenced pursuant to a fair trial, is nonetheless entitled to relief under the Sixth Amendment for deficient advice that led him to reject a favorable plea bargain.
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