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the Moussaoui trial and the right to counsel

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Adam Liptak looks at the Moussaoui trial and the right to counsel issues that are likely to take this case straight to the next edition of caselaw books: [It] turns out that Mr. Moussaoui has two powerful and quite fundamental objections to how his case was handled, both involving the right to counsel guaranteed by the Constitution. He is asking the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in Richmond, Va., to let him withdraw his guilty plea and start over from scratch. According to an appellate brief filed last month but only recently made public, the trial judge, Leonie M. Brinkema, of Federal District Court in Alexandria, Va., issued two rulings that interfered with Mr. Moussaoui?s ability to defend himself. One concerned which lawyers could represent him, the other what his lawyers could tell him...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on February 25, 2008 (boomark / email).