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Exposing judicial misconduct on right-to-counsel

Following up on sentiments expressed in this thought provoking post, Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association chief Mark Bennett issued this message to Harris County criminal court judges who aren't following the law regarding bail and the right to counsel:Dear Harris County judges: The following is a non-exhaustive list of conduct, engaged in by you or your staffs, that is likely to get you grieved: Telling defendants, ?If you don?t hire a lawyer, you?re going to come back every day and stay until 11:30 until you hire a lawyer.?Telling defendants, ?Go hire a lawyer from the hallway.?Telling defendants, ?You made bond. You can?t have an appointed lawyer.?Removing appointed counsel from cases when defendants make bond before substitute counsel is hired and without a hearing...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 27, 2009 (boomark / email).