What is the state's obligation to provide paid counsel?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Robinson, 1989 ABCA 267 (CanLII):
In both treaties the obligation of the state to provide paid counsel is, in terms, less than absolute. Neither treaty purports to entrench entitlement to paid counsel on appeal while both treaties extend a positive right to legal assistance at trial only where the interests of justice so require, implying case-by-case consideration. For a fuller discussion of these treaties see Regina v. Rowbotham.45
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