Right to Counsel in Misdemeanor Prosecutions After Alabama v. Shelton: No-Lawyer-Courts and Their Consequences on the Poor and Communities of Color in St. Louis

Under U.S. Supreme Court cases Argersinger v. Hamlin and Alabama v. Shelton, the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires the provision of defense counsel to an indigent defendant for any charge that, if proved, actually leads to imprisonment or is punished by a suspended sentence that subs...

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Authors: Harvey, Thomas B. (Author) ; Rosenfeld, Jared H. (Author) ; Tomascak, Shannon (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: Criminal justice policy review
Year: 2018, Volume: 29, Issue: 6/7, Pages: 688-709
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Courts
Policy implications
Sentencing disparity
Individual freedoms
Justice