assigned counsel
Americannoun
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Will Casey, spokesperson for the King County Department of Public Defense, confirmed five of those charged have been assigned counsel and was unsure about the sixth.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2024
The commission was assigned counsel from the state attorney general’s office and issued an interim report on its findings last year to Hogan and the leaders of the General Assembly.
From Washington Post • May 8, 2021
Two of the four suspects had not yet been assigned counsel.
From Reuters • Apr. 5, 2016
The others were assigned counsel by the court, which felt compelled to remind the public that the lawyers had been required to take the cases.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2014
Sometimes the assigned counsel is dishonest, and too often his primary object is to get a fee rather than to secure justice for his client.
From Problems in American Democracy by Williamson, Thames Ross
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