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NACDL News: Another State Recognizes Counsel Is Required at First Appearance Where Liberty Is at Sta
On Sept. 25, 2013, the Maryland Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, ruled in a 4-3 decision that “under Article 24 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights, an indigent defendant is entitled to state-furnished counsel at an initial hearing before a district court commissioner.”