NCJ Number
36177
Journal
Stanford Law Review Volume: 28 Issue: 5 Dated: (MAY 1976) Pages: 1039-1071
Date Published
1976
Length
33 pages
Annotation
THE FAILURE OF STATES TO APPOINT COUNSEL JEOPARDIZES SIGNIFICANT INTERESTS OF INDIGENT ALLEGED FUGITIVES AT A CRITICAL STAGE OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTION, THUS ABROCATING THEIR RIGHTS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.
Abstract
THIS NOTE BEGINS BY LOOKING AT THE DAY-TO-DAY PRACTICE OF EXTRADITION. THE FOLLOWING SECTION HIGHLIGHTS THOSE AREAS IN WHICH THE ADVICE OF COUNSEL CAN BE IMPORTANT TO ALLEGED FUGITIVES. THE LATTER PART OF THE NOTE ANALYZES DUE PROCESS AND SIXTH AMENDMENT GUARANTEES AND CONCLUDES THAT COUNSEL MUST BE PROVIDED FOR INDIGENT ALLEGED FUGITIVES WHO DESIRE ASSISTANCE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)