Perspective
May 1, 2013
Immigration right-to-counsel ruling reminiscent of Gideon
Last week, the case Franco-Gonzalez v. Holder established the right of immigrant detainees with mental disabilities to legal representation in deportation proceedings. By Hector O. Villagra
Fifty years ago, the landmark case Gideon v. Wainwright established a right to a lawyer for criminal defendants who could not afford one. Fittingly, last week, the case Franco-Gonzalez v. Holder, No. CV 10-02211 (C.D. Cal. April 23, 2013), established the right of immigrant detainees with mental disabilities to legal representation in deportation proceedings.
Clarence Earl Gideon, who had been charged with breaking ...
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