Abstract
I. Introduction
II. The Broad Criteria … A. The Criminal Justice Act of 1964 … B. American Bar Association Project on Minimum Standards for Criminal Justice. Standards Relating to Providing Defense Services … C. Uniform Defense of Needy Persons Act (Model) 1966
III. Indigency … A. Strictly Construed … B. Liberally Construed … C. Indigency Rejected
IV. Are Guidelines Necessary?
V. Specific Factors to Be Considered … A. Crime Charged and Usual Fees in Locality … B. Income, Cash, and Dependents … C. Real and Personal Property … D. Resources of Accused’s Friends or Family … E. Bail … F. A Practical Test for Eligibility
VI. Partial Inability—The Borderline Case … A. Eligibility Provisions … B. Duty of Counsel … C. Control by the Court
VII. Determination and Redetermination of Defendant’s Financial Ability … A. Provisions … B. Who Decides … C. Mechanics of Decision … D. Forms … E. Suggestions on Improving the Reliability of the Information Obtained … (1) Pre-Appointment Investigations … (2) More Efficient Use of CJA Forms
VIII. Services Other Than Counsel—The Adequate Defense
Conclusion
Appendix—Criminal Justice Act of 1964
Recommended Citation
Taylor Mattis,
Financial Inability to Obtain an Adequate Defense,
49 Neb. L. Rev. 37
(1970)
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