What to Expect When You Are Arrested: A Guide to Navigating for Unhoused Defendants

Brittany Chiechi, Ivona Ogramic & Colleen Rowe, Seattle University Homeless Rights Advocacy Project, What to Expect when You Are Arrested: a Guide to Navigating Court for Unhoused Defendants (Sara Rankin Ed., 2018)

42 Pages Posted: 4 May 2018

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Brittany Chiechi

Seattle University, School of Law, Students

Ivona Ogramic

Seattle University, School of Law, Students

Colleen Rowe

Seattle University, School of Law, Students

Sara Rankin

Seattle University School of Law

Date Written: May 3, 2018

Abstract

Public defenders often are overworked and have little time to spend with clients; many defendants do not even receive one. But even represented unhoused defendants can help themselves with HRAP’s first-of-its-kind guide to navigating court, which introduces common legal terms and timelines, and provides strategies for those experiencing homelessness to advocate for themselves.

Keywords: homelessness, public defenders, criminal law, criminal procedure, courtroom, pro se, harm mitigation, diversion, collateral consequences

Suggested Citation

Chiechi, Brittany and Ogramic, Ivona and Rowe, Colleen and Rankin, Sara, What to Expect When You Are Arrested: A Guide to Navigating for Unhoused Defendants (May 3, 2018). Brittany Chiechi, Ivona Ogramic & Colleen Rowe, Seattle University Homeless Rights Advocacy Project, What to Expect when You Are Arrested: a Guide to Navigating Court for Unhoused Defendants (Sara Rankin Ed., 2018), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3173271 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3173271

Brittany Chiechi

Seattle University, School of Law, Students ( email )

Seattle, WA
United States

Ivona Ogramic

Seattle University, School of Law, Students ( email )

Seattle, WA
United States

Colleen Rowe

Seattle University, School of Law, Students ( email )

Seattle, WA
United States

Sara Rankin (Contact Author)

Seattle University School of Law ( email )

901 12th Avenue, Sullivan Hall
P.O. Box 222000
Seattle, WA n/a 98122-1090
United States

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