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IS FORCING UNWANTED COUNSEL A VIOLATION OF THE SIXTH? FRITSCH CASE MAY DEFINE ‘EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE’ FOR A GENERATION

Summary by frankreport.com
The April 2025 trial of Bernhard Fritsch in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on two counts of wire fraud may represent a critical point in defining the Sixth Amendment protections. Despite securing millions to retain private counsel, a federal judge compelled Fritsch to stand trial with court-appointed public defenders who acknowledged their unpreparedness. His trial ended in a split verdict – guilty on one count an…
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frankreport.com broke the news in on Sunday, May 25, 2025.
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