Does a criminal defendant have a constitutional right to counsel on their first appeal?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Martinez, 201 Cal.Rptr.3d 381, 246 Cal.App.4th 1226 (Cal. App. 2016):
Under the Fourteenth Amendment, a criminal defendant has a constitutional right to counsel on his or her first appeal as of right. (Evitts v. Lucey (1985) 469 U.S. 387, 388, 105 S.Ct. 830, 83 L.Ed.2d 821, citing
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