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Effective Counsel
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ZMO Law Blog
How the First Woman Supreme Court Justice Set the Rules for Criminal Lawyers
By Zachary Margulis-OhnumaUnited States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor died Friday. She will be remembered as the first woman justice, a fearless Republican who put principles of liberty and…
Food Safety News
Parnell’s challenge to his prison sentence is now an appeal to the 11th Circuit
By Dan Flynn
Savannah attorney Amy Lee Copeland has filed a Notice of Appeal for Stewart Parnell's motion to vacate, set aside or correct his sentence under a federal habeas corpus action. Parnell's…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day, The Immigrant Struggle for Effective Counsel: An Empirical Assessment by Jayanth K. Krishnan
The Immigration Article of the Day is The Immigrant Struggle for Effective Counsel: An Empirical Assessment by Jayanth K. Krishnan, forthcoming in the University of Illinois Law Review (2021/2022). The full article…
Appellate Advocacy Blog
What are your appellate obligations to your client following a guilty verdict and sentencing?
The United States Supreme Court has long held that criminal defendant has the right to the effective assistance of counsel through his first appeal where an appeal is provided to…
EvidenceProf Blog
Is the State Right That the Right to the Effective Assistance of Counsel is Distinct From the Right to Counsel?
By Colin Miller
In his opinion granting Adnan a new trial, Judge Welch cited to Curtis v. State, 395 A.2d 464 (Md. 1978), which held that (1) the right to counsel is a fundamental right; (2)…
EvidenceProf Blog
A Preview of the State’s Appellate Brief in the Adnan Syed Case
By Colin Miller
It's currently five days before the State's first brief is due in the Adnan Syed appeal. The State is appealing the portion of Judge Welch's order concluding thatSyed's trial counsel's…
Human Rights at Home Blog
Does the Right to Civil Counsel Include Effective Counsel?
By margaretdrew
The answer is: not yet. SCOTUS is entertaining a cert petition that requests that the court address whether, when civil counsel is appointed, the party is entitled to effective assistance of…
CrimProf Blog
Freeman on Padilla and Termination of Parental Rights
Sarah Freeman has posted Ensuring Effective Counsel for Parents: Extending Padilla to Termination of Parental Rights Proceedings (Hofstra Law Review, Vol. 42, No. 303, 2013) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:The increase in…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“A Plea for Funds: UsingPadilla,Lafler, andFryeto Increase Public Defender Resources”
Main September 30, 2014"A Plea for Funds: Using Padilla, Lafler, and Frye to Increase Public Defender Resources"The title of this post is the title of this notable new paper by…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Systemic Barriers to Effective Assistance of Counsel in Plea Bargaining”
Main September 4, 2014"Systemic Barriers to Effective Assistance of Counsel in Plea Bargaining"The title of this post is the title of this notable paper I just saw on SSRN authored…