-
Powell v. Alabama
indigents facing a capital trial are entitled to counsel
-
Gideon v. Wainwright
state felony defendents are entitled to attorney representation
-
Argersinger v. Hamlin
any misdemeanant facing any amount of jail time is entitled to representation
-
Types of counsel for indigent defendant
- private retained counsel
- assigned counsil: lawyers will go on list to rep poor people for little/no money
- public defender system: dedicated to provided counsel to poor people, paid by county tax money
-
Four sources of pressure on prosecutors
- pressure from police
- pressure from prison wardens
- pressure from defense attornies
- pressure form community leaders
-
Three types of plea bargains
- Charge bargaining: defendants plead guilty to a less serious crime than the original charge
- Count bargaining: they plead guilty to a subset of multiple original charges
- Sentence bargaining: they plead guilty knowing in advance what sentence will be given
-
Nol pros
formal statement of unwillingness to proceed
-
Three types of witnesses
- police witnesses: officers, first responders, emergency service persons
- lay witnesses: regular people who saw something at crime
- expert witnesses: someone selected by court to give their opinion because of their expertease in a field
-
Bail
form of security guaranteeing that a defendant will appear in court
-
Methods of how bail is obtained
- put it up themselves
- friends/family
- property collateral bond
- percentage bond plan
- bail bondsman
-
Capias
court order to take defendant into custody
-
Two forms of immunity
- transactional immunity
- use immunity
|
|
