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Flora v. Luzerne County

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 14, 2014PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Judge MARY HANNAH LEAVITT.

AI Flora, Jr., Adam Kuren, and Steven Allabaugh appeal the order of the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas (trial court) granting the preliminary objections of Luzerne County and County Manager Robert C. Lawton (collectively County) to their amended complaint. The amended complaint asserts that, due to inadequate funding, the Office of Public Defender of Luzerne County is unable to represent indigent clients adequately, thereby depriving those clients of their right to counsel guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment. The trial court sustained the County’s…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  5. Montejo v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 2009

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Kuren v. Luzerne CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  2. Keith v. Commonwealth ex rel. Pennsylvania Department of AgricultureCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  3. M.B. Selig v. The ZHB of North Whitehall Twp.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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