The right of the accused to be represented by a competent attorney is one of the best-known rights protected by the U.S. Constitution, and one of the first ones mentioned when people are arrested. While a trial court may ...

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A defendant who perpetrated a complicated insurance fraud scheme, which caused more than $100 million in losses, was not denied his right to counsel after he repeatedly insisted on proceeding pro se but then requested counsel for his final sentencing hearing. Background ...

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A district court judge did not err when he commenced a domestic violence protective order hearing without the defendant’s attorney present, according to a Sept. 5 unpublished opinion by the state Court of Appeals. The defendant, Coleen Washburn of Hawaii, ...

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