{"id":4718,"date":"2004-02-12T22:59:56","date_gmt":"2004-02-13T02:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/02\/12\/co-pays-by-indigent-defendent"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:59:02","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:59:02","slug":"co-pays-by-indigent-defendents-struck-down-in-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/02\/12\/co-pays-by-indigent-defendents-struck-down-in-minnesota\/","title":{"rendered":"Co-pays by Indigent Defendents Struck Down In Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a775'><\/a><\/p>\n<p><DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">According to reports at <A href=\"http:\/\/www.law.com\/jsp\/article.jsp?id=1076428316131&amp;specArtType=newsInBrief\">Law.com<\/A> and <A href=\"http:\/\/www.law.com\/jsp\/article.jsp?id=1076428316131&amp;specArtType=newsInBrief\">WCCO.com<\/A>, &#8220;<SPAN><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">The Minnesota Supreme Court on Thursday struck down mandatory fees the Legislature imposed last year on criminal defendants who use public defenders.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/SPAN> <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">WCCO tv in Minneapolis reports:<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">In a unanimous ruling, the seven-justice court said the fees violate the U.S. Constitution&#8217;s Sixth Amendment protections. <BR><BR>The fees are among the budget-balancing moves approved by the Legislature last spring and are intended to raise about $10 million over the next two years to help run the public defender program. Depending on the crime, defendants are charged between $50 and $200 a case. <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">A similar confrontation may soon arise in&nbsp;<SPAN><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><A href=\"http:\/\/www.bristolcpcs.org\/MLW20040209A.PDF\">Massachusetts<\/A><\/FONT><\/SPAN><SPAN><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">. Find more on the nationwide crisis over funding criminal representation of the poor at the <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.nysda.org\/Defense_Services\/New_York_Public_Defense_Fundin\/new_york_public_defense_fundin.html#CurDevOutsideNY\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">NYSDA website<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">.<\/FONT><\/SPAN> <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports at Law.com and WCCO.com, &#8220;The Minnesota Supreme Court on Thursday struck down mandatory fees the Legislature imposed last year on criminal defendants who use public defenders.&#8221;&nbsp; &nbsp; WCCO tv in Minneapolis reports: In a unanimous ruling, the seven-justice court said the fees violate the U.S. Constitution&#8217;s Sixth Amendment protections. 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