U.S. Appeals Court: SELF INCRIMINATION RIGHT TO COUNSEL.McCall v. Pataki 232 F.3d 321 (2nd Cir. 2000). A state prisoner one in confinement, or under arrest, for a political offense. See also: State brought a pro se [sections] 1983 action against state officials alleging that he was denied his constitutional rights during parole hearings. The district court dismissed the action and the appeals court affirmed. The appeals court held that the prisoner was not entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: to warnings on the right against self-incrimination or to the assistance of counsel in a parole hearing. The court noted that even though the prisoner was convicted by a jury and did not plead plead v. 1) in civil lawsuits and petitions, the filing of any document (pleading) including complaints, petitions, declarations, motions, and memoranda of points and authorities. guilty to his crime of conviction, he could not be prosecuted again for the same crime and had no right to refuse to answer with respect to that crime. (New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Board of Parole) |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion