Posted on December 19, 2012. Tags: Ane, Appellate Courts, Appellate Defender, Appellate Services, Budget Amendment, Chap, Circuit Court Judge, Commonwealth, Defender Office, Fabulous Job, Gideon, High Quality Services, Nine Years, Notice Of Appeal, Perm, Procedural Default, Senat, Support Person, Vlw, Vsc
This is the letter I am sending to many places tonight or over the next few days: I appreciate the opportunity to discuss this issue with you. I appreciate your time. The Appellate Defender’s office would make the promise of Gideon closer to fulfillment in our Commonwealth. In 2009 the IDC abolished the Appellate Defender’s […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on January 25, 2012. Tags: Appellate Court, Appellate Courts, Appellate Defender, Appellate Division, Budget Amendment, Chap Petersen, Commonwealth, Constitution Of The United States, Conviction, Indigent Defense, Pilot Project, Public Defender Commission, Public Defender Office, Public Defender System, Right To An Attorney, State Appeals Court, Tiny Office, Trial Court, Trial Courts, Virginia Supreme Court
I hinted that there was news on the Appellate Defender’s Office front. Now I can openly discuss it! Senator Chap Petersen of Fairfax has introduced a budget amendment (here it is!) to reestablish an Appellate Defender’s Office in this Commonwealth. It’s a tiny office at first, not even one quarter the size of the criminal […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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