What is the test for a defendant's right to appointed counsel?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Mathisen, 103 F.3d 142 (9th Cir. 1996):
Moreover, "the right to effective assistance of counsel is dependent on the right to counsel itself." Evitts v. Lucey, 469 U.S. 387, 397 n. 7 (1985). For a criminal defendant, "the right to appointed counsel extends to the first appeal of right, and no further." Pennsylvania v. Finley, 481 U.S. 551, 555 (1987).
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