ODonnell v. Harris County, Tex.
Case Details
- Case No.: 17-20333
- Jurisdiction: 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
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Documents
Prior Decision
On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, No. 4:16-cv-01414.
Detention negatively impacts the attorney-client relationship and results in less effective representation of indigent defendants. Harris County pressures indigent detainees to plead guilty rather than raise a defense. Indigent defendants suffer lasting effects from the poverty-imposed, disadvantaged path through the Harris County system.
Author(s)
Katherine R. Goldstein, Michael E. Kaufmann, and Joseph J. Kammerman, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, New York, NY; Michelle Tuegel, Hunt & Tuegel, PLLC, Waco, TX; Nicole DeBorde, Bires Schaffer & DeBorde, Houston, TX.