Mueller, a former public defender, eventually took the case and mostly won at trial. A jury acquitted Thompson of the felony ...

Issue: Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit erred in denying petitioner’s application, over dissent, to appeal the denial of his Sixth Amendment ineffective assistance of counsel ...

No sooner did I write this morning’s post on a violation of Donald Trump’s rights under the Sixth Amendment ... the Sixth Amendment. Under Sheppard v. Maxwell (1966), the case popularly ...

Earlier this month, a Maine Superior Court judge ruled the state violated the Sixth Amendment rights of some ... a public defender within 45 days, a case should be dismissed and only brought ...

New Jersey, the facts underlying a restitution award must be proved to, and found by, a jury beyond a reasonable doubt (and, in federal cases, charged in a grand jury indictment). (Relisted after the ...

These Appellants therefore have not shown a violation of First Amendment guarantees under the circumstances of this case.” Ellison expressed disappointment in the court’s ruling in a statement ...

Each of defendants’ actions alone would chill a person of ordinary firmness from exercising his First Amendment rights.” Attorney Steven Strang of Gallagher Sharp argued Thursday on behalf of the city ...