Perspective
Apr. 5, 2016
Politics don't decide all the hard cases
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a criminal defendant has a 6th Amendment right to spend her own money to hire a lawyer. By Courtney J. Linn
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a criminal defendant has a 6th Amendment right to spend her own money to hire a lawyer. If you think that statement is self-evident, you have missed three decades of fierce litigation over the scope of the government's pretrial asset restraint powers.
The ruling came in Luis v. United States, 2016 DJDAR 3037 (March 30, 2016). The United States has pending charges again...
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