Overworked counsel provides ineffective assistance

Welcome to Monday, the 232nd anniversary of Annapolis becoming the U.S. capital.

Here are some news items to get your week started.

— Call this “The Case of the Overworked Public Defender.”

— Lieutenant governor seeks gun control the California way: by ballot initiative.

— U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeks your help in defining “natural.”

— Does an exchange of emails among school-board members constitute a meeting?