...Ga. - A Savannah psychiatrist once honored for his community work will remain in federal custody after his court-appointed lawyer waived a hearing on accusations his client traded prescriptions and cash for sex with local strippers.Dr...

...until he is ruled mentally competent to aid in his defense.In her motion Friday, Eden field claimed that her court-appointed lawyer did not properly explain to her the consequences of changing her plea to guilty. Citing her IQ of 62, Edenfield...

...police, Stephens said: "See, I told you I would shut her up," after hitting the girl. A call to Stephens' court appointed lawyer, Kelley Kautz, was not returned Tuesday. During his home confinement, Stephens has been ordered to have a...

...prison for murder in the 1995 death of his 3-month-old daughter in suburban Atlanta. Both men fired their court-appointed lawyers, even though they also told their judges that they did not want to represent themselves. And both were ruled...

...sentenced him to life in prison. He died in Reidsville State Prison in 1961. His defense was handled by four young court-appointed lawyers: Albert Ingram Jr., R.W. "Bill" Barton, Grady Rozar and William M. Fleming Jr., who recently retired...

...of 12 white men didn't buy her self-defense argument. During the one-day trial on Aug. 14, 1944, her court-appointed lawyer didn't call a single defense witness. The jury found her guilty of first-degree murder and a white judge...

...directed her to tell authorities that she injured herself during an argument with him. Mr. Patrick fired several court-appointed lawyers. Last Sunday, the day before his trial was to start, he slit his wrist with a razor at the county jail. He...

...intended to plead guilty to charges stemming from the March attack. James Williams, Mr. Taheri-Azar's court-appointed lawyer, declined to discuss specifics. But when asked after the brief hearing why his client pleaded not guilty...

...James Nance, 23, to four years' probation and a $1,000 fine and ordered him to pay Richmond County for his court-appointed lawyer's fees. According to the Richmond County Sheriff's Office, Mr. Nance was asked by Deputy Gordon Alley...

...ruling that requires municipalities to offer court-appointed lawyers to the indigent, even when they're prosecuted...that requires municipalities to make available court-appointed lawyers to anyone charged with minor ordinance violations...