Court Findings of Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claims in Post-Conviction Appeals
URL
https://www.innocenceproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Innocence_Project_IAC_Report.pdf
Gideon v. Wainwright and the Right to Counsel (May 10, 2017)
URL
https://www.c-span.org/video/?428269-1/gideon-v-wainwright-counsel
How Americans Lost the Right to Counsel
URL
Pretrial Procedures in a Criminal Court
URL
https://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/judge-cmp-detail.aspx?cmpid=849
Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426 (2004)
URL
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/03-1027.ZO.html
Effective Assistance of Counsel
Question: Do you believe the right to counsel is a meaningful one, given the interpretation it has received by the Supreme Court? Is the definition of “effective assistance of counsel” too restrictive? Why or Why not? Use relevant case law to support your position.