The following excerpt is from Cahill v. Rushen, 678 F.2d 791 (9th Cir. 1982):
The right to counsel reaches anything necessary to assure a meaningful defense. United States v. Wade, 388 U.S. 218, 225, 87 S.Ct. 1926, 1931, 18 L.Ed.2d 1149 (1967).
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