The ACLU of Michigan says a Kent County judge has not complied with a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that grants poor defendants the right to representation by court-appointed attorneys when appealing their guilty please. At issue is the case of a man who pleaded no contest to two child molestation charges and received up to 30 years in prison. He requested a state-appointed lawyer to help him challenge his sentence, but Michigan law bars automatic appeals for defendants who plead guilty or no contest. ACLU attorneys contend a more recent Supreme Court ruling trumps the Michigan statute. WSU law professor David Moran said "dozens of individuals are being denied their constitutional right to counsel simply because they are poor."