This Court has long recognized that when a State brings its judicial power to bear on an indigent defendant in a criminal proceeding, it must take steps to assure that the defendant has a fair opportunity to present his defense. This elementary principle, grounded in significant part on the Fourteenth Amendment’s due process guarantee of fundamental fairness, derives from the belief that justice cannot be equal where, simply as a result of his poverty, a defendant is denied the opportunity to participate meaningfully in a judicial proceeding in which his liberty is at stake.Justice Thurgood Marshall,
Ake v. Oklahoma, 470 U.S. 68,76 (1985)

Toledo Office

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617 Adams Street
Toledo, Ohio 43604
Telephone: (419) 259-7370
Fax: (419) 259-7375
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Courthouse

James M. Ashley and Thomas W.L. Ashley United States Courthouse
1716 Spielbusch Avenue
Toledo, Ohio 43624
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