Legal Opinion
Dolan v. King County
Washington Supreme Court
Decided October 28, 2011No. 82842-3PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChambers, J.
¶1 In Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335, 83 S. Ct. 792, 9 L. Ed. 2d 799 (1963), the United States Supreme Court guaranteed to indigents the right of legal representation at public expense. King County, like other local governments in this state, sought ways to provide the required defense services to indigent criminal defendants. After investigating several different models, the county settled on a unique system using nonprofit corporations to provide services funded through and monitored by the county’s Office of the Public Defender (OPD) (formerly the Office of Public Defense). It is, in…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Polk County v. DodsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Progressive Animal Welfare Society v. University of WashingtonWashington Supreme Court · 1994
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- Millson v. City of LyndenCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2013
- Candace Noll v. Special Electric CoCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2019
- Department of Ecology v. AcquavellaWashington Supreme Court · 2013
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