Sentences with phrase «unrepresented criminal»

Hiring lawyers for every indigent unrepresented criminal litigant vastly increased the expense of prosecution, including the number of attorneys hired and multiple appeals.

In R v Milton Brown [1998] EWCA Crim 1486 Lord Bingham said that in an appropriate case it was open to the judge to ask an unrepresented criminal defendant whether there were matters he wished to have put to a witness.

Not exact matches

It is like being thrown into an unfamiliar battleground, where the unrepresented defendant is unequally armed and trained vis à vis the prosecution, and where even the otherwise best criminal defense lawyer is weakened unless s / he prepares his or her defendant client well for court and works well as a team with the defendant.

We're talking about the Crown's duty, especially in criminal cases, especially where the defendant is unrepresented.

And only those within the justice system are seeing the negative effects of the growing number of unrepresented litigants in civil and criminal courts.

1 For attempts to measure the effect of advocacy quality through other means, see, e.g., Banks Miller et al., Leveling the Odds: The Effect of Quality Legal Representation in Cases of Asymmetrical Capability, 49 Law & Soc» y Rev. 209 (2015)(finding that high quality representation evened the odds for asylum applicants and that asylum seekers fared better when unrepresented than when represented by a poor lawyer); Mitchell J. Frank & Dr. Osvaldo F. Morera, Professionalism and Advocacy at Trial — Real Jurors Speak in Detail About the Performance of Their Advocates, 64 Baylor L. Rev. 1, 38 (2012)(finding statistically significant correlations in criminal cases between jurors» perceptions of closing argument persuasiveness and jury verdict, and finding statistically significant correlations in civil cases between perceptions of defense counsel's closing argument persuasiveness and defense verdict); James M. Anderson & Paul Heaton, How Much Difference Does the Lawyer Make?

Criminal law — Offences — Property offences — Possession of breaking instruments — Possession of stolen goods — Procedure — Trial judge's duties — Where accused unrepresented — Trials — Adjournment.

«Legal aid funding is so limited that in Provincial Court, approximately 40 percent of British Columbians are unrepresented by a lawyer in family court cases and 20 percent are unrepresented in criminal cases,» states the report.

The Ontario Court of Appeal held that the ability to appoint amicus curiae is part of the inherent jurisdiction of the court, and judges must must be able to secure the appropriate assistance so that serious criminal cases involving an unrepresented accused can still proceed.

The only remaining alternative is to stand up in court facing criminal charges alone and unrepresented.

The Ministry of Justice refused to release its research on unrepresented defendants in criminal courts.