The movie is directed by Dawn Porter. Its title comes from Gideon v. Wainwright, which required that indigent criminal defendants be offered counsel at trial. The film received the Ridenhour ...

Indigent criminal representation arose from the 1963 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright establishing ... For 4,039 cases, ACP is spending $2,011,422 in Cheektowaga — or at least ...

CASE HIGH SCHOOL’S TOLLEN JOHNSON GOING TO ELEVATE PLUCKS THE BALL RIGHT OUT OF THE AIR AND THEN PUTS HIS DEFENDER IN THE SPIN CYCLE FOR THE TUDDY PART OF AN EAGLES HUGE COMEBACK WIN TO KEEP ...

Ford v. Wainwright, 477 U.S. 399 (1986), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the common law rule that the insane cannot be executed; therefore the petitioner is entitled to a competency ...

Donald Trump won reelection on November 5, paving the way for his return to the White House—as well as the end or postponement of the criminal cases against him. The extent to which those cases ...

But with his electoral victory, he now possesses enormous leverage to sideline or completely derail those cases. Here’s what Trump’s election win means for his legal cases. At the heart of ...

President-elect Trump on Wednesday became the first convicted felon to win the White House, an outcome that likely dashes the chance that he will face legal consequences in the criminal cases in ...

And if he cannot afford a lawyer, ruled the Supreme Court in Gideon v. Wain-bright (1963), one must be supplied by the court. Gideon clearly covers civilians, but what about U.S. servicemen?

It’s been unclear how the case would move forward in light of Trump’s election, as legal experts suggested to Politico his win made it likely Merchan would delay or cancel Trump’s scheduled ...