Sentences with phrase «effective assistance of counsel by»

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coerced confessions, [Footnote 16] by the use of perjured testimony known by the prosecution to be such, [Footnote 17] or without the effective assistance of counsel, [Footnote 18] have also been held to be exertions of state authority in conflict with the fundamental rights protected by the Fourteenth Amendment.

February 17, 2017 — «The state public defender system in Louisiana is understaffed by 1,406 lawyers, according to an ABA study of their workloads.The study (PDF) found that 1,769 full - time public defenders are needed to provide reasonably effective assistance of counsel in Louisiana, but the state only employs 363 full - time equivalent PDs.