Is there a right to appoint a second attorney for a defendant charged with 2 first degree murder?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Dufur, 648 F.2d 512 (9th Cir. 1980):
Under 18 U.S.C. 3005, any person indicted for a "capital crime" is entitled to two attorneys. The district court declined to appoint a second attorney, concluding that since the death penalty provision of 18 U.S.C. 1111 was rendered unconstitutional by Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346 (1972), 2 first degree murder under section 1111 did not constitute a "capital crime."
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