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The right to legal representation is a central part of any criminal defense. Judges take this right very seriously, as a recent decision in a\u00a0murder case<\/a> from Florida\u2019s Second District Court of Appeal shows.The defendant’s girlfriend was found dead in her home in Bradenton in June 2012. When they went looking for the defendant, the cops found that he had been involuntarily admitted for psychiatric treatment at Manatee Memorial Hospital earlier the same day. He had been acting erratically while visiting his parents. He was nervous, pacing, and unable to relax or slow down, according to the court. His mother later told police that he had previously suffered from similar mental health problems. His mother was informed by hospital staff that his girlfriend had been found dead when the mother tried to visit him in the hospital later the same day. She was barred from seeing her son until the cops arrived.<\/p>\n

The mother obtained a lawyer \u2013 a friend of a fellow church member – to represent her son before the police came to the hospital. Although the lawyer informed hospital staff that he was representing the defendant and did not want the defendant talking to police alone, he too was barred from seeing him. The lawyer and the parents left the facility late in the evening with plans to return the next day.<\/p>\n

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The right to legal representation is a central part of any criminal defense. Judges take this right very seriously, as a recent decision in a\u00a0murder case from Florida\u2019s Second District Court of Appeal shows.The defendant’s girlfriend was found dead in her home in Bradenton in June 2012. 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