Legal Opinion
Yarls v. Bunton
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 4, 2018No. 17-30779PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDon R. Willett, Circuit Judge
This is a constitutional challenge to Louisiana public defenders' practice-now discontinued-of placing indigent, non-capital defendants on waitlists for appointed counsel. Appellants allege this practice, the result of chronic budgetary shortfalls, violates poor defendants' Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments rights to a speedy trial and to assistance of counsel. They seek a declaratory judgment that such waitlists are unconstitutional and injunctive relief requiring Appellees-the Louisiana State Public Defender and the Chief District Defender for Orleans Parish-"to provide competent counsel to…
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