Bill to change public defender law advances
BY: Associated Press ANNAPOLIS — Measures advanced in both legislative chambers Tuesday that would repeal a Maryland law requiring that poor defendants have a public defender present when district court commissioners are setting their bail. The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled earlier this year that, under the state Public Defenders Act, poor defendants must have an attorney at [...] |
Court: Defendants have right to counsel at initial bail hearings
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Midshipmen and their families converge on Annapolis on Thursday on the eve of the U.S. Naval Academy graduation. (Maximilian Franz/The Daily Record)
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