IMPLEMENTATION OF ARGERSINGER V HAMLIN - A PRESCRIPTIVE PROGRAM PACKAGE, SUPPLEMENT B - LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARGERSINGER V HAMLIN

• NCJ Number: 13950
• Author(s): N B ELKIND; M L COLTON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 76 pages
• Grant Number(s): 72-TA-99-0022
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: National Ctr for State Courts
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

IN ADDITION TO AN ANALYSIS OF THE ARGERSINGER V. HAMLIN DECISION, THIS VOLUME DISCUSSES THE VARIOUS ASSOCIATED CONSTITUTIONAL AND NON-CONSTITUTIONAL LEGAL ISSUES.

Abstract

AMONG ISSUES EXAMINED ARE EQUAL PROTECTION, DUE PROCESS, WAIVER OF COUNSEL, CONSEQUENCES OF CONVICTION OTHER THAN INCARCERATION, RIGHT TO COUNSEL IN MINOR CRIMINAL OFFENSES, AND RIGHT TO COUNSEL IN TRAFFIC CASES. ALSO ANALYZED IN DEPTH IS THE INDIGENCY DETERMINATION, INCLUDING THE VARIOUS TESTS EMPLOYED, MEASUREMENT OF ASSETS AND INCOME, LOCAL ECONOMIC STANDARDS AND THE ASSOCATED PROCEDURAL CONSIDERATIONS. SEE ALSO NCJ-13948, 13949, AND 13951.