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U.S. Supreme Court: Michigan Appellate Attorneys Have
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2005
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2005, page 16
U.S. Supreme Court: Michigan Appellate Attorneys Have No Third Party Standing To Sue For Rights Of Future Unrepresented Prisoners
Filed under:
Criminal Prosecution,
Appointment of Counsel,
Public Defenders,
Court Access,
Standing,
Appeals,
State Legislation.
Location:
Michigan.
by John E. Dannenberg
The U.S. Supreme Court, sidestepping the important question of the constitutionality of a Michigan state law that prohibited appointment of appellate counsel for indigent defendants who took ...
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