Under Constitutional mandate, the Public Defender's Office represents indigent defendants in all phases of criminal defense, mental health, and domestic relations proceedings. This includes intake qualifications, representation at line-ups, in prison counseling, preliminary hearings, arraignments, trials, appeals, and before investigative grand juries. In addition, this office represents defendants in parole hearings, juvenile, patients in mental health proceedings, non-support cases, protection from abuse cases, paternity suits, and domestic relations cases.
GIDEON’S TRUMPET
Gideon's Trumpet is based a book by Anthony Lewis describing the story behind Gideon v. Wainwright, in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that criminal defendants have the right to an attorney even if they cannot afford it
Under Constitutional mandate, the Public Defender's Office represents indigent defendants in all phases of criminal defense, mental health, and domestic relations proceedings. This includes intake qualifications, representation at line-ups, in prison counseling, preliminary hearings, arraignments, trials, appeals, and before investigative grand juries. In addition, this office represents defendants in parole hearings, juvenile, patients in mental health proceedings, non-support cases, protection from abuse cases, paternity suits, and domestic relations cases.
GIDEON’S TRUMPET
Gideon's Trumpet is based a book by Anthony Lewis describing the story behind Gideon v. Wainwright, in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that criminal defendants have the right to an attorney even if they cannot afford it
Goals
- Identify the four sources of law
- Discuss how to resolve conflicts between different sources of laws
Compare and contrast criminal and civil law, and substantive and procedural lawhttp://lawxtra.swlearning.com/student/studytools/ch01/lawxtra01-2sio.html
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