Griffin principle
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Definitions from Case Law
From 404 U.S. 189 - Mayer v. City of Chicago · 1971Most cited · 874 citing opinions
Griffin does not represent a balance between the needs of the accused and the interests of society; its principle is a flat prohibition against pricing indigent defendants out of as effective an appeal as would be available to others able to pay their own way.