In Re: Proceedings in which the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Seeks to Compel the Defender Associati

Brief and Appendix of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Supporting Appellee-Cross-Appellant Defender Association of Philadelphia.

Brief filed: 04/07/2014

Documents

In Re: Proceedings in which the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Seeks to Compel the Defender Association of Philadelphia to Produce Testimony and Documents and to Bar it from Continuing to Represent Def

3rd Circuit Court of Appeals; Case No. 13-3817

Prior Decision

On appeal from E.D. Pa. No. 2:13-cv-1871

Argument(s)

Vigorous state post-conviction assistance is critical to the FCDO’s mission of securing death-sentenced inmates federal habeas relief. The systemic failure of Pennsylvania to provide effective, properly resourced, capital defense counsel militates in favor of continuous representation by FCDO attorneys.

Author(s)

Lawrence S. Lustberg and Benjamin Yaster, Gibbons P.C., Newark, NJ; Jules Epstein, Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing & Feinberg, Philadelphia, PA.