Tora Shoupe had been convicted of selling amphetamine to her fellow law school students, who used the drug to allow them to stay awake longer so that they could study more
The state paid for her first attorney to prepare her first appeal following her conviction. The court of appeals failed to reverse her drug dealing conviction. When the state would not fund any additional appellate procedures, she filed a suit against the state, demanding that the state fund her additional appeals. According to the Supreme Court of the United States, the state government:
A) must pay for her additional appeals because if it did not, the type of appeal and justice that a criminal defendant received would be based on the amount of money a defendant possessed, a violation of due process.
B) does not have to pay for additional appeals because a state is under no duty to duplicate the legal arsenal that might be privately retained by a wealthy criminal defendant.
C) does not have to pay for the first appeal that is given to all defendants for the first appeal.
D) B and C both state correct responses.
E) none of the above is a correct response.
B
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