The Yale Law Journal

Jenny Roberts

Essay

Effective Plea Bargaining Counsel

Jenny Roberts


122 Yale L.J. 2650 (2013).

Fifty years ago, Clarence Earl Gideon needed an effective trial attorney. The Supreme Court agreed with Gideon that the Sixth Amendment guaranteed him the right to counsel at trial. Recently, Galin Frye and Anthony Cooper also needed effective representation. These two men,…