Police Seized Almost $10,000 From Him. A Court Ruled He Had No Right to an Attorney. Terry Abbott couldn't afford representation, because the state took the cash he'd use to pay for it. [More]
Hey, stick with what works, right? (Unfortunately, most of the corroborating links will need to be run through the Wayback Machine.)
[Via Michael G]
2 comments:
"But he lost his attorney—as the money he would use to pay for that counsel had been taken by the state."
Note that by and large, the same is true of RICO cases -- you lose your ability to pay for defense.
If RICO defendants lose the $$ for lawyers, let's pull Biden, little Biden, McCabe, HR Clinton and a raft of others into the RICO net.
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