MRY and LDF Attorneys Challenge NY State Court of Appeals on Legal Rights of the Indigent (Telegram)
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October 30, 1967

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Press Releases, Volume 5. MRY and LDF Attorneys Challenge NY State Court of Appeals on Legal Rights of the Indigent (Telegram), 1967. 7f055233-b892-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/08da81f3-282e-4712-affa-99543908a1bb/mry-and-ldf-attorneys-challenge-ny-state-court-of-appeals-on-legal-rights-of-the-indigent-telegram. Accessed May 06, 2025.
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at the fuil rate TE LE GRA} M W. P. MARSHALL. prenoe sitie= = FE | | | CASH NO. T G NAACP Legal Defense 10 Columbus Ci le h are hereby agreed to Send the following mesiage, t ic yy. October 30, 1967 NSE AND COURT OF APPEALS, S FOR MOBILIZATION FOR YOUTH AND I, FUND, INC. (LDF) WILL APPEAR IN } ALBANY, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, AT 2:00 P.M. sLENGE THE CONSTITUTIO ALITY OF DENYING PRE-TRIAL LIBERTY TO AN SOLELY ON § POVERTY; OF PUNISHING THE INDIGENT THROUGH PRE-TRIAL IMPRISONMENT WITH ITS CORRELATIVE PRESUMPTION NOT OF INNOCENCE BUT OF GUILT, ALTHOUGH HE ALLEGES | HE IS NOT GUILTY; OF DETAINING THE -INDIGENT ACCUSED WHEN THE DETENTIO ITSELF MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT THE DISPOSITION OF HIS CASE AND DEPRIVE HIM OF A-FAIR TRIAL. . ATTORNEYS Mz N SPIEGEL AND- MICHAEL MELTSNER WILL REPRESENT ANTONIO GONZALEZ, A 19-YEAR-' -OLD PUERTO RICAN YOUTH. | | : | Jesse DeVore if Director of Public Tarormecion NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. | 10 Columbus Circle, N.Y.Cc..10019 hs | | | Bureau Chief ASSOCIATED PRESS Times-Union Bldg. 24 Sheridan Ave. Albany, N.Y. 12201 ip Ss INTERNA’ TIONAL Street <a New -York; “N.Y. 10017 Néws Desk Bureau Chief UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Times-Union Bldg. 24 Sheridan Ave. Albany, N.Y. THE NEW YORK TIMES Press Room Capitol Building Albany, N.Y. t 1 4 1 1 ' t r t 1 ! ' t 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' t Mr. Austin Scott ASSOCIATED PRESS National News EB 50 Rockefeller Plaza THE NEW YORK TIME : : i Mr. Claude Sitton ‘ New York, N.Y. 10020 ! 229 W. 43rd St. : : : : New York, N.Y.