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Civil Litigation

Jul. 14, 2021

Civil rights groups urge probate judge to allow Britney Spears to choose lawyer

“Spears’ right to select an attorney is not only a basic tenet of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel, but also consistent with principles of personal autonomy and agency,” they wrote.

Shortly after reports that a new lawyer would argue he should be allowed to represent Britney Spears in her conservatorship challenge, the pop singer received support from civil rights and disability groups calling for her right to pick her own counsel ahead of a hearing Wednesday.

The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU Foundation of Southern California filed an amicus curiae brief in Los Angeles County Superior Court signed...

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