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IN RE ADVISORY OPINION TO GOVERNOR

No. 95-265-M.P.

666 A.2d 813 (1995)

In re ADVISORY OPINION to the GOVERNOR (Appointed Counsel).

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

November 10, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph S. Larisa, Harris Weiner, Governor, John Dineen, ACLU, Thomas Dickinson, Aaron Weisman, Attorney General, for plaintiff.

R. Kelly Sheridan, Linda Buffardi, Bar Association, John Dineen, ACLU, Barbara Hurst, Paula Rosin, Catherine Gibran, Public Defender, Mary J. Ciresi, Andrew Horwitz, Assoc. of Criminal Defense, for defendant.

To His Excellency Lincoln Almond, Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations:

We have received from Your Excellency a request seeking the advice of the justices of this Court in accordance with article X, section 3, of the Rhode Island Constitution on the following question of law:

"In view of the historical development of the law relating to the right of appointed counsel under the federal and state constitutions, and the more recent...

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