United States Sixth Circuit

The district court should have abstained from hearing defendants' claims where they could have been raised in pending state court proceedings; attorneys had standing to challenge a statute codifying the practice of appointing appellate counsel to indigent defendants, but that statute sufficiently protects an indigent defendant's constitutional rights.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/02/2002
• Published 07/02/2002

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Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

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