For the first time, Colorado's second-highest court has recognized there is a right to effective assistance of counsel for people involved in criminal cases whom the government wishes to forcibly ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — A man found guilty of aggravated assault against a law enforcement officer was denied effective assistance of legal counsel, and his conviction and sentence must be vacated ...

The state's highest court on Thursday imposed an emergency protocol that could lead to the release of criminal defendants who ...

Bar advocates, who provide representation for most of the state's indigent defendants, stopped work in May to fight for ...

Declaring a “systemic violation” of constitutional rights, Massachusetts’ highest court on Thursday ordered trial courts in ...

In Matter of Erin G., 139 AD2d 737, 739 (2d Dept 1988), the court held that the “potentially drastic consequences” of child protective proceedings give rise to rights to effective assistance ...

Fourth Department in Rochester agrees with Conley that she was denied effective assistance of counsel. Kaitlyn Conley, convicted of manslaughter in 2017 , has had her conviction overturned by the ...

Issue: Whether the right to counsel in a termination of parental rights proceeding includes the right to the effective assistance of counsel. Date Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) ...

“Without the effective assistance of counsel,” Jenkins said, “this court’s confidence in the outcome of the suppression hearing is undermined. ...

“Public Defenders want to provide effective assistance of counsel and client-centered representation for some of Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable residents.