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How long can they keep you in jail in Georgia after indictment with co defendants before assigning counsel on a federal case?
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There is no specific time limit on how long they can keep you in jail. However, authorities are bound by law to get you processed and seen by an attorney and a judge as soon as possible.
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What was the legal question of Powell vs Alabama?
Were the defendants in this case denied their constitutional rights to counsel and due process?
How do you file Ineffective Assistance of Counsel in Arkansas?
"How do you file Ineffective Assistance of Counsel in Georgia?"
May a defendant represented by counsel waive indictment in a capital case?
Probably could, but the defense attorney would be foolish to do so since waiving indictment would be tantamount to pleading you guilty of the offense.
What US supreme court case established the right to counsel for indigent defendants in federal court proceedings?
Gideon v. Wainwright
The approach to providing legal services to indigent defendants where private attorneys are selected from a list and reimbursed by the state is the what system?
Assigned Counsel
Why do attorneys represent defendants?
All defendants are entitled to a presumption of innocence and a defense against their charges. Some defense attorneys are motivated by the ideals of the law, some do it for money - some do it for both.
How does plea bargaining save money?
It saves the government plenty of money. Defendants who are represented by private counsel can save a bundle on attorneys' fees by accepting a plea bargain.
What case focused on a defendant's lack of access to counsel because the defendant was indigent?
Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 US 335 (1963)The U.S. Supreme Court took the first major step on the Sixth Amendment issue of right to counsel by holding that state courts must provide counsel to indigent defendants in criminal cases.
Significance of faretta v California?
was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that criminal defendants have a constitutional right to refuse counsel and represent themselves in state criminal proceedings.
What Amendment provides counsel to indigent defendants?
THE SIXTH AMENDMENT! In Powell v. Alabama, 287 U.S. 45 (1932),the Supreme Court ruled that "in a capital case, where the defendant is unable to employ counsel, and is incapable adequately of making his own defense because of ignorance, feeble mindedness, illiteracy, or the like, it is the duty of the court, whether requested or not, to assign counsel for him.
When you go in front of the judge when there is no legal council present istnt that aviolation of my rights?
There are several instances when you may have occasion to appear before a judge without counsel. Arraignment being one that immediately jumps to mind. Also most defendants charged with traffic offenses go before a judge without benefit of counsel.
Why did the US Supreme Court believe poor defendants are entitled to have an attorney provided for them?
Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 US 335 (1963)Gideon v. Wainwright is a landmark US Supreme Court case that incorporated the Sixth Amendment right to counsel in criminal proceedings to the states via the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause. In this case, the Court ruled emphatically that indigent defendants were entitled to court-appointed lawyers at critical stages of prosecution, including arraignment and trial.Justice Hugo Black explained, in the opinion of the Court, that laymen are not knowledgeable enough to mount a competent defense in Court, and therefore all felony defendants are entitled to legal counsel. Those who can afford to hire an attorney retain private counsel; those who can't, are appointed free counsel. (Depending on a person's income, he or she may be expected to pay a portion of the attorney fees.)Since poor defendants can't afford to pay an attorney, the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause places the onus on the state or federal government to provide one for them; otherwise, they would have fewer rights under the law than someone with money, depriving them of due process.Justice Black wrote:"The right to be heard would be, in many cases, of little avail if it did not comprehend the right to be heard by counsel. Even the intelligent and educated layman has small and sometimes no skill in the science of law. If charged with crime, he is incapable, generally, of determining for himself whether the indictment is good or bad. He is unfamiliar with the rules of evidence. Left without the aid of counsel, he may be put on trial without a proper charge, and convicted upon incompetent evidence, or evidence irrelevant to the issue or otherwise inadmissible. He lacks both the skill and knowledge adequately to prepare his defense, even though he have a perfect one. He requires the guiding hand of counsel at every step in the proceedings against him. Without it, though he be not guilty, he faces the danger of conviction because he does not know how to establish his innocence."For more information, see Related Questions, below.
