Representation of Indigents in Judicial Proceedings: Hearings Before Subcommittee No. 3 of the Committee on the District of Columbia, House of Represetatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, First Session, on H. R. 5889 and 6163, Bills to Provide for the Representation of Indigents in Judicial Proceedings in the District of Columbia

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1960 - 77 pages
Considers H.R. 5889 and similar H.R. 6163, to establish a Legal Aid Agency or Office of Administrator for Legal Assignments to provide indigents with legal representation during judicial proceedings in D.C. courts.
 

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Page 10 - Washington, DC DEAR MR. OLNEY : I am indeed pleased with your letter of April 15 advising me that the Judicial Conference of the United States at its meeting in March recommended one additional judgeship for the southern district of Ohio in omnibus judgeship bill, S. 1666, now pending before the US Senate. In January 1965 a bill was introduced in the Senate by Senator Lausche and Senator Young of Ohio providing for the creation of one additional judgeship for the...
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Page 15 - ... shall enjoy the right ... to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation . . . ." Also requiring notice is the Fifth Amendment's provision that "No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury . . . ." 1 "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall . . . have the Assistance of Counsel in his defense.

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