Order revives lawyers-at-bail issue 

Posted: 8:06 pm Tue, March 9, 2010
By Brendan Kearney

Thanks to the Court of Appeals, the Office of the Public Defender will have an official say in whether indigent criminal defendants have the right to counsel at their initial appearances before a District Court commissioner — the point at which bail is set. More than a year after hearing the case, the state’s top ...