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Supeme Court Extends Right to Counsel to Plea Bargains | 8 comments (8 topical)

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There is absolutely nothing new (none / 0) (#5)
by Peter G on Wed Mar 21, 2012 at 10:22:01 PM EST
in these decisions, so far as the ethical and professional duties of the defense attorneys are concerned.  That wasn't even in dispute.  What divided the Court, and what is important in the decisions, is clarification of what the client has to prove in a post-conviction motion to establish an entitlement to get his/her sentence reduced to the level that it would have been, had s/he known about and accepted the plea offer in a timely way, when it was first extended.

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