U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Michigan Legal Counsel Case

March 29, 2004 U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Michigan Legal Counsel Case The U.S. Supreme Court announced on January 20, 2004, that it will hear arguments in a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan in a constitutional challenge to a Michigan law that limits court-appointed lawyers for the poor. The case, Tesmer v. Granholm, will decide whether Michigan can deny an indigent person who has pleaded guilty to a crime the right to have an attorney assist with his or her appeal of the sentence that the judge imposes after the plea . . .