XENIA — A Central State University student is in jail and is scheduled to have a jury trial after allegedly telling campus employees he “wouldn’t be afraid” to “pull a Virginia Tech.”
Charles D. McCornell, 27, was arrested Tuesday and charged with inducing panic and disorderly conduct. The first charge is a first-degree misdemeanor and the second a fourth-degree misdemeanor.
He was arraigned Wednesday in Xenia Municipal Court. A jury trial is scheduled for March 1.
He remains in the Greene County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bond.
McCornell has also been ordered not to be on or around the CSU campus.
The Dayton Daily News on Wednesday obtained a copy of the incident report from the CSU Department of Public Safety.
According to that department, the incident occurred Feb. 1 in Wesley
Almost 50 years ago the decision determined that the Constitution required defendants in criminal cases to be provided with legal counsel, even if they cannot afford an attorney. Yet all across this country – the basic rights guaranteed under have yet to be fully realized. Millions of Americans still struggle to access the legal services that they need and deserve – and to which they are constitutionally entitled.
Speaking before the American Bar Association’s (ABA) National Summit on Indigent Defense, Attorney General Eric Holder announced a series of initiatives that the Justice Department will undertake to strengthen legal representation for individuals too poor to hire a lawyer to represent them in criminal proceedings.
As the Attorney General observed:
Across the country, public defender offices and other indigent defense providers are underfunded and understaffed. Too often, when legal representation is available to the poor, it’s rendered less effective by insufficient resources, overwhelming caseloads, and inadequate oversight.
The Department’s Access to Justice Initiative has been working with many offices within the department to develop the following initiatives that advance and support equal access to legal representation, regardless of income.
These efforts include the following:
Strengthening Indigent Defense through Implemention of the ABA Ten Principles
The ABA Ten Principles of a Public Defense Delivery System represent fundamental building blocks for implementing quality legal representation. Released in 2002, the
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