Indigents Are Defendants Who Cannot Afford to Pay a Lawyer

question 26

Multiple Choice

Indigents are defendants who cannot afford to pay a lawyer and, therefore, are entitled to a lawyer for free. Although the Supreme Court has essentially mandated the development of indigent-defense systems, it has left the financing and type of delivery system up to states and counties, which have considerable discretion in adopting programs (Worden and Worden 1989) . How best to provide legal representation for the poor has been a long-standing issue for the courts and the legal profession. In the United States, the three primary methods are assigned counsel, contract systems, and public defender.
-The contract systems method is

• A)attorneys appointed by the judge on a case-by-case basis.
• B)attorneys hired to provide services for a specified dollar amount.
• C)a salaried public official representing all indigent defendants.
• D)None of these answers is correct.

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