Anecdotal evidence supports the belief among indigent individuals who are assigned defense counsel that they would be better represented by privately retained counsel. This perspective jeopardizes attorney effectiveness by reducing communication and trust between the attorney and client. Research on the effectiveness of counsel is sparse. The purpose of this quantitative study was to bridge this gap in knowledge by comparing the effectiveness of privately retained and publicly appointed counsel between 2008 and 2013, both before and after the imposition of state-wide compensation limitations on publicly appointed defense counsel. The theoretical framework was Stuntz\u27s theory, which stresses that one part of the criminal justice system wi...
Defense attorneys are attuned to the defendant’s likelihood of conviction at trial, based on the str...
article published in law reviewJust how important is a good attorney? Can a skillful attorney actual...
Empirical research on public defense is a new and rapidly growing field in which the quality of atto...
With the expansion of the right to legal counsel and the states\u27 need to provide legal counsel, p...
This thesis attempts to uncover whether or not differences in unclassified felony and first-degree f...
Abstract: An econometric study of all felony cases filed in Denver, Colorado, in 2002, shows that pu...
The present study utilizes data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics to examine the effectiveness o...
A recent study found that poor criminal defendants in Philadelphia who were represented by court-app...
This study seeks to determine whether there are any differences in conviction rates or client satisf...
Thesis (M.S., Criminal Justice) -- California State University, Sacramento, 2010.Public defenders be...
Although the Sixth Amendment of the constitution guarantees assistance of counsel to indigent crimin...
This Article examines the impact of the trial court upon the quality of legal assistance provided th...
The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that a criminal defendant has the right to couns...
The quality of criminal defense counsel desperately needs improving. The strategy this article explo...
A Review of Counsel for the Poor: Criminal Defense in Urban America by Robert Hermann, Eric Single,...
Defense attorneys are attuned to the defendant’s likelihood of conviction at trial, based on the str...
article published in law reviewJust how important is a good attorney? Can a skillful attorney actual...
Empirical research on public defense is a new and rapidly growing field in which the quality of atto...
With the expansion of the right to legal counsel and the states\u27 need to provide legal counsel, p...
This thesis attempts to uncover whether or not differences in unclassified felony and first-degree f...
Abstract: An econometric study of all felony cases filed in Denver, Colorado, in 2002, shows that pu...
The present study utilizes data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics to examine the effectiveness o...
A recent study found that poor criminal defendants in Philadelphia who were represented by court-app...
This study seeks to determine whether there are any differences in conviction rates or client satisf...
Thesis (M.S., Criminal Justice) -- California State University, Sacramento, 2010.Public defenders be...
Although the Sixth Amendment of the constitution guarantees assistance of counsel to indigent crimin...
This Article examines the impact of the trial court upon the quality of legal assistance provided th...
The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that a criminal defendant has the right to couns...
The quality of criminal defense counsel desperately needs improving. The strategy this article explo...
A Review of Counsel for the Poor: Criminal Defense in Urban America by Robert Hermann, Eric Single,...
Defense attorneys are attuned to the defendant’s likelihood of conviction at trial, based on the str...
article published in law reviewJust how important is a good attorney? Can a skillful attorney actual...
Empirical research on public defense is a new and rapidly growing field in which the quality of atto...