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· 8/24/2023

In the Interest of L.D.B. and L.D.B. v. the State of Texas

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that when a state does not provide indigent defendants with counsel on direct appeal, “an unconstitutional line has been drawn between rich and poor”
  • holding that when a state does not provide indigent defendants with counsel on direct appeal, \an unconstitutional line has been drawn between rich and poor\
  • holding that indigent defendants are entitled to counsel in their first appeal as of right
  • holding that a state is required to provide counsel to an indigent defendant on appeal as of right
  • holding that a state is required to provide counsel to an indigent defendant on appeal as of right
  • holding that an indigent defendant is entitled to assistance of counsel on his first direct appeal as of right

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