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DAs urge Court to reject standards for high quality representation

For the most part I keep posts on this blog fairly neutral and free from my opinions. This is not one of those posts. The opinions reflected here are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NACJ Board or other members, though if they do not agree with the crux of the post they probably should be ousted from the organization. Again, just my opinion. As noted in previous posts, the Indigent Defense Commission met for a substantial period of time, met with attorneys and experts in the area of criminal defense, and over many meetings, including a Public Meeting which was open to prosecutors, developed Nevada Indigent Defense Performance Standards. These standards were developed with the laudable goal of improving attorney representation to indigent defendants and contained fairly basic standards, such as requiring attorneys to meet with their clients, understand the discovery and conduct reasonable investigation prior to entering a plea, and provide actual representation during sentencing, which is often one of the most crucial stages of the proceedings for a substantial number of clients...continue to full post

Full post as published by Harmful Error on April 23, 2008 (boomark / email).