Kyle Campbell v. State of Rhode Island

How courts have described this case

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• noting that according to Shatney, an attorney “may withdraw from * * * representation when it becomes clear, after a reasonable investigation, that some or all of the applicant’s claims lack merit”
• “Section 10-9.1-5 cannot be satisfied with anything less than a meaningful attorney- client relationship between appointed counsel and his or her client.”
• “Section 10-9.1-5 cannot be satisfied with anything less than a meaningful attorney-client relationship between appointed counsel and his or her client.”
• the Superior Court erroneously interpreted Shatney as - 23 - requiring an attorney to report back to the court rather than represent the applicant
• the Superior Court erroneously interpreted Shatney as requiring an attorney to report back to the court rather than represent the applicant
• “Without the ability to withdraw from a case in which the applicant persists in pursuing meritless claims, appointed counsel could be subject to [Super. R. Civ. P.] Rule ll’s sanctions.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).