Stabbed by in his Salt Lake City home earlier this month, a prominent Utah criminal defense attorney told reporters in a Tuesday email that the intruder who attacked him was…
In a series of rulings, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has ratcheted up the requirements for obtaining a taxpayer-funded defense in criminal cases, the Associated Press…
An Oregon woman accused of using TurboTax to file a falsified return and obtain a $2.1 million state tax refund to which she wasn’t entitled has requested a public defender.
Caseload limits for lawyers representing criminal defendants at public expense are not a new concept. But standards adopted earlier this month by the Washington Supreme Court at the recommendation of…
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