Description: Foreword by James B. Jacobs Preface Indigent Appellate Representation in the Quarter Century After Douglas : Challenges and Constraints The Right to Assigned Appellate Counsel and the Transformation of Criminal Appeals An Introduction to Criminal Appeals and First-Level Appellate Review in New York Indigent Appellate Defense in New York City An Empirical Study of the Performance of New York City's Two Appellate Defenders A Qualitative Evaluation of New York City's Appellate Defenders Criminal Appellate Dispositions in New York City, 1980-1985 Selection Bias and the Assignment Process: An Alternative Explanation for Outcome Differences Between the Defenders The Character of Appellate Intervention in Criminal Cases and the Role of Appellate Advocacy The Continuing Challenge of Criminal Appellate Representation: Improving Quality, Conserving Resources and Broadening Impact Conflicts of Interest and Indigent Appellate Defense Improving the Quality of Indigent Appellate Representation in Conflict Cases Enhancing the Impact of Criminal Appellate Representation: Conserving Appellate Reources for More Meritorious Cases Increasing the Impact of Indigent Appellate Representation Appendix: Suggestions for Further Research Selected Bibliography Index

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