11th Cir. Issues Ake
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| 11th Circuit - Attorney's Working Files - Issues - Ake | Folder contains legal analyses, notes and documentation on the precedent set in Ake v. Oklahoma 470 U.S. 68, 71 (1985) as it relates to McCleskey v. Kemp. In Ake, the Supreme Court recognized that indigent defendants are entitled to independent mental health experts when their assistance "may well be crucial to the defendant's ability to marshal a defense." A more expansive interpretation of the precedent is as an analysis of the Fourteenth Amendment RE: due process a holding that without independent experts defendants could be denied "meaningful access to justice. |