What authorities have inferred the right to counsel in long-term criminal cases?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Rain, 1998 ABCA 315 (CanLII):
As noted above, the authorities which have inferred the right to counsel have involved serious and complex offences in lengthy trials. In Rowbotham, the court considered the assistance of counsel necessary when the accused faced charges as part of a year-long trial for conspiracy to import narcotics. In Panacui v. Legal Aid Society of Alberta, the accused faced numerous charges including kidnapping, murder, robbery, escape from lawful custody and firearms offences.
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