Mark Bennett | April 14, 2009
Andrea Marsh of the Texas Fair Defense Project comments:
I think you’re letting the judges who won’t appoint counsel to indigent bail defendants off too easily. These judges are violating the law, whether they straight out deny an application based on bond status (CCP 26.04(m)) or hold applications for counsel while repeatedly resetting cases in order [...]
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Mark Bennett | August 6, 2007
Scott Henson (Grits for Breakfast) brings us news of Collin County, Texas’s efforts to cut costs by denying appointed counsel to people who own over a certain amount of assets or have income over a certain amount.
The numbers? The rules are in this document (PDF):
The financial standards set forth below shall be used to determine [...]
Category: indigent defense, working poor |
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