Download or read book Model Rules of Professional Conduct written by American Bar Association. House of Delegates and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.
Download or read book Securing Reasonable Caseloads written by Norman Lefstein and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the criminal justice system to work, adequate resources must be available for police, prosecutors and public defense. This timely, incisive and important book by Professor Norman Lefstein looks carefully at one leg of the justice system's "three-legged stool"public defenseand the chronic overload of cases faced by public defenders and other lawyers who represent the indigent. Fortunately, the publication does far more than bemoan the current lack of adequate funding, staffing and other difficulties faced by public defense systems in the U.S. and offers concrete suggestions for dealing with these serious issues.
Download or read book ABA Standards for Criminal Justice written by American Bar Association and published by . This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Project of the American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Standards Committee, Criminal Justice Section"--T.p. verso.
Download or read book To Provide Effective Assistance of Counsel written by San Diego County (Calif.). Blue Ribbon Commission on Indigent Defense Services and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Eleventh Commandment written by Richard Daniel Klein and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the number of indigents charged with crimes has increased, in part due to expanded funding for police and prosecutors to fight the national and local “war on drugs,” there has not been a corresponding increase of funding to provide counsel for indigent defendants. In fact, due to widespread financial difficulties impacting local and state governments, the money available for court-appointed counsel and public defenders has actually declined in many localities. Inadequate funding has created a situation wherein overburdened defense counsel cannot possibly provide competent representation to all of the clients they are assigned to represent. Counsel who have committed their skills, energy, and careers to representing indigent defendants cannot be compelled to render the ineffective assistance of counsel. This Article examines potential remedies available for counsel who are confronted by a defense delivery system which fails to provide funding sufficient to ensure the constitutionally mandated effective assistance of counsel. It is often only the defense counsel within the criminal justice setting who are concerned with the government's failure to comply with the Sixth Amendment. These counsel must therefore take action to rectify the constitutional deficiencies present in the current system.
Download or read book The Right to the Assistance of Counsel written by James J. Tomkovicz and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-09-30 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inaugurating Greenw4ood's Reference Guides to the United States Constitution series, this superlative guide to the Sixth Amendment is the first to survey the legal guarantee of counsel's assistance since 1963's Gideon ruling. The vast majority of important, even landmark cases regarding the right to counsel were decided after that pivotal ruling, making this the definitive work on the topic. Tomkovicz offers a concise yet substantial account of the historical development of the right to counsel in England and America. Included are: •A brief history of the topic •Lengthy and sophisticated analysis of the current state of the law •A bibliographical essay organizing and evaluating scholarly material for further research •A table of cases •Index A thorough analysis of the relevant U.S. Supreme Court's doctrine gives concrete content to the right to assistance of defense counsel. Scholars and students of the U.S. Constitution, along with attorneys and lay readers, will gain a rich understanding of the meaning and importance of the Sixth Amendment, and a comprehensive overview of a cornerstone of America's constitutional and legal order.
Download or read book Background testimony written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Right to Counsel in Criminal Cases written by Boston University. Center for Criminal Justice and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Defense Counsel written by William F. McDonald and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1983-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents new research and thinking about the role of the defense counsel in the American criminal justice system. The right to counsel is guaranteed, but can an overworked public defender who is paid for the number of cases taken on really be compared with expensive private attorneys? Original essays explore such issues as performance measurement to ensure proper counsel, the differences between public and private defenders, and the dwindling number of private defense counsels.
Download or read book The Right to Counsel in American Courts written by William Beaney and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Right to Counsel in American Courts is the first detailed treatment of all aspects of this vital right as extended in theory and practice by state and federal courts. Addressed primarily to students of constitutional law and of the administration of justice, it is also a valuable tool for practicing lawyers because of its thoughtful organization and wealth of citations.
Download or read book Effective Assistance of Counsel in Michigan 1991 written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense Counsel in Criminal Cases written by Caroline Wolf Harlow and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Indigent Defense in the United States written by Susan Wynne and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many indigent defense systems across the country lack sufficient resources and the appropriate administrative and operational infrastructure to ensure effective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment. In fact, the literature indicates that many of the country0́9s indigent defense systems have been in a state of crisis since the landmark case Gideon volume Wainwright solidified the right to counsel for poor criminal defendants over 50 years ago. Despite the well-documented nature of the problem and recommended solutions offered by the legal profession and panels of indigent defense experts, many indigent defense systems continue to struggle. Using a systematic qualitative analysis of court and government records, this dissertation sought to determine whether and to what extent each of the 50 states have adopted the recommendations from previous studies aimed at addressing the crisis. The dissertation further evaluated the relationship between the presence or absence of those components and legal challenges to the constitutionality of states0́9 indigent defense delivery systems. The data for the study were obtained from publicly available documents obtained using a combination of Internet searches, legal research, previous studies, and, where necessary, public information requests. Findings of the study indicate that though most states have some of the recommended components examined, very few had all of them in place. The findings also suggest, however, that while all recommended indigent defense system components may be preferred, not all are as critical as others to ensuring effective assistance of counsel in day-to-day operations. However, states should be aware of which of the best practice components they do not have in place as well as the reasons they are lacking. Further, states should assess the need for change on their own terms since several states that have failed to do so have faced costly and protracted structural reform litigation that has forced them to do so. The results provide a comprehensive overview of the nation0́9s indigent defense systems that does not exist in the literature, but that is necessary to begin evaluating and addressing the causes of the indigent defense crisis that is well-documented in the literature. The electronic version of this dissertation is accessible from http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11875/2193
Download or read book Litigating in the Shadow of Death written by Welsh S. White and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An absorbing account of the ways in which defense attorneys represent capital defendants, Litigating in the Shadow of Death brings to light the paramount role these attorneys have played in shaping the modern system of capital punishment. Author Welsh White explains how attorneys' skills and abilities influence the determination of which capital defendants are sentenced to death.
Download or read book Advances in Psychology and Law written by Brian H. Bornstein and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume consists of up-to-date review articles on topics relevant to psychology and law, and will be of current interest to the field. Notably, the majority of these topics are currently attracting a great deal of research and public policy attention in the U.S. and elsewhere, as evidenced by programs at the American Psychology-Law Society and related conferences. Topics for the present volume include: attitudes toward the police (Cole et al.), alibis (Charman et al.), hate crimes based on gender and sexual orientation (Plumm & Leighton), the role of gender at trial (Livingston et al.), neuroimages in court (Glen), intimate partner violence (Mauer & Reppucci), post-identification feedback (Douglass & Smalarz) and individual differences in eyewitness identification (Snowden & Bornstein), veterans’ wellbeing (Berthelot & Prager), and plea bargaining (Levett).
Download or read book Our Rights written by David J. Bodenhamer and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This boxed set contains classroom resources to help America's educators teach about the most important documents in U.S. history"--Box
Download or read book Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Overcoming the Inevitable written by Kelly Patrick Riggs and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ineffective assistance of counsel has become a National epidemic. This travesty is at the root of the Mass-Incarceration problem that currently plagues the American people. What's truly shocking is the years lost and the pain caused because of lawyers and judges who refuse to provide their honest service. You don't have to be a victim. Kelly Patrick Riggs has spent the last seven years in an intense study of advanced Habeas Corpus procedure and the ineffective assistance of counsel phenomenon. He has discovered that the ineffective assistance of counsel is the norm, rather than the exception, in the American criminal justice system. He has learned how to apply the relevant laws and procedures, and has guided many federal prisoners in their pursuit of Post-Conviction Relief. This book is one of the most comprehensive guides to understanding a lawyers obligations, to a client who is accused of a crime. It explains what you can expect from a competent lawyer in a criminal trial and how to stop the harm of counsel ineffectiveness before it becomes final. The material in this book has been endorsed and used by legal professionals Nationwide. It is now brought to the public and explained in a language that virtually anyone can understand. This book identifies and explains the constitutional right to counsel, it defines and explains what ineffective assistance of counsel is, and explains stage-by-stage what can be expected in a criminal trial. This book is a must have for anyone who is facing, or has faced, charges in a criminal court. The information it provides will help during trial, in preparing for direct appeal, and in the development of claims for Post-Conviction Relief. This is the first installment of a two volume set. This set is the most complete layman's guide for state and federal prisoners who seek Post-Conviction Relief in a U.S. District Court.
