indigent defendant

collocation in English

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indigent
adjective
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/ˈɪn.dɪ.dʒənt/us
/ˈɪn.dɪ.dʒənt/
very ...
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defendant
noun[C]
uk
/dɪˈfen.dənt/us
/dɪˈfen.dənt/
a person in a law case who is accused of having done ...
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This may be relatively easy, in the case of a dispute against an insured party, or extremely difficult, in the case of an uncooperative, transient, orindigentdefendant.
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Defendants are technically allowed to have lawyers, and indigent defendants are entitled to government-paid representation, but this right is often ignored.
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Indigent defendants are guaranteed representation by counsel at the state's expense.
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Appointment of counsel for indigent defendants was nearly universal in federal felony cases, though it varied considerably in state cases.
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He has also been appointed by courts as an expert witness for criminal indigent defendants.
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Defendants have the right to counsel, including counsel at public expense for minors and indigent defendants charged with crimes carrying a sentence of 10 years or more.
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Indigent defendants receive mandatory representation.
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Defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty; indigent defendants in felony cases are by law entitled to counsel, but in practice this does not always occur.
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Although the law requires that indigent defendants be provided with legal representation, the great majority of defendants have no lawyer, owing to a critical shortage of public defenders.
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As a common pleas judge, he established a voluntary public defender program to provide free counsel to indigent defendants, as well as a mandatory domestic relations reconciliation program.
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