Recommendations Proposed to Help Indigent Defendants

In a recent interview with WLNS, MIDC member Judge Thomas Boyd discussed the first set of proposed minimum standards for indigent defense delivery systems currently pending before the Michigan Supreme Court.  The first standards involve training for public defenders, more confidential spaces for attorney-client meetings, more effective use of investigators, and, faster assignments to counsel.

“Not only does the Michigan constitution, the United States constitution say you have the right to effective assistance to counsel, but it just makes sense in terms of making sure that a just result comes from each case,” Boyd said.

See the interview at the WLNS website.