The Supreme Court held on Wednesday that the government cannot freeze your assets and prevent you from hiring your preferred defense counsel.
Sila Luis says she didn’t do anything wrong. The United States government says she defrauded Medicare for millions of dollars through kickbacks and overbilling. Now the government is putting her on trial to answer for these serious criminal charges, and Luis wants to hire the best lawyer she can afford. One problem: The government has frozen all her assets, including those completely untainted by the alleged fraud. Luis says the asset freeze violates her Sixth Amendment right “to have the assistance of counsel for [her] defense.” The government said it doesn’t: She can still hire counsel; she just has to find one who’ll represent her for free.
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http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/03/30/luis_v_united_states_clarence_thomas_affirms_sixth_amendment_right_to_counsel.html
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