The judge
in the
death -
penalty case against a suspected USS Cole attacker has found the the chief defense
counsel for military commissions, Marine Brig. Gen. John Baker,
in contempt, according to a report from the Miami Herald.
In a
death penalty case, a lawyer calls him on a phone number provided by the court (which turns out to be the judge's cell phone) with the full knowledge and consent of opposing
counsel, to discuss a scheduling matter.
In an opinion that once again raises concerns about the state's shortage of funds for indigent capital defense, a divided Georgia Supreme Court has sent a death penalty case back to the trial court to determine if a systemic breakdown in the state's public defender system deprived the defendant of counse
In an opinion that once again raises concerns about the state's shortage of funds for indigent capital defense, a divided Georgia Supreme Court has sent a
death penalty case back to the trial court to determine if a systemic breakdown
in the state's public defender system deprived the defendant of counse
in the state's public defender system deprived the defendant of
counsel.