A Public Defender
A Public Defender has posts about about criminal law, recent opinions and proposed legislation, sometimes with a Connecticut focus.
Author: The author identifies himself as "Gideon," after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright holding that lawyers must be provided for indigent criminal defendants. He also authors the blawg Public Defender Stuff.
Blawg Related Categories: Criminal Justice • Public Defenders • Criminal Procedure • States • Connecticut • Anonymous • Public Defender
Recent Posts from A Public Defender
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Independence Day
Because this may be the first year since 1999 that this movie isn’t on TV today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRGUqd_M6Mg SHARETHIS.addEntry();
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Link-dump day
photo credit: Jake Wild! One day left before the end of the week, so it’s time to dump some links on you: ACLU has asked a CT court to vacate its decision to force…
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Heller goes to the airport
In this latest installment of “Heller goes to…”, in which we follow the zany adventures of Heller v. D.C.*, the lovable Supreme Court case, as he makes his way through the country, Heller decides to…
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TMYK: Due Process edition
Apparently, it is not a violation of due process in the state of CT if there is not an adequate factual basis for a plea stated on the record. See Paulsen v. Manson, 203 Conn.…
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Castle doctrine come home to roost
You may have heard, you may not have. A Texas grand jury has decided to “no-bill” Joe Horn (no, not that Joe Horn). Prosecutors sought to indict Horn after Horn killed two men who were…
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Dysfunctional and close to collapse
A report on California’s death penalty system. H/T and title from CDW. SHARETHIS.addEntry();
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Truth in advertising
Who said lawyers can’t tell it like it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXiJQVyLelM Thanks for Scott for sending me the link SHARETHIS.addEntry();
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Undoing Gideon’s promise
As public defender offices across the country are cutting budgets and closing up shop, and at the same time that SCOTUS gave fresh guidance on when the right to counsel attaches, it is important to…
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Monday Morning Jumpstart: short week edition
Who’da thunk it? Fourth of July is almost around the corner (and fireworks are still illegal) and before you know it, it’ll be snowing again. Dammit. These stories and posts should take your mind of…
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Supreme Court changes course on kidnapping
In what may prove to be a landmark decision, the Connecticut Supreme Court last week reversed decades of precedent in interpreting the State’s kidnapping statute. The Court issued two companion cases: State v. Salamon (concurrence…