1.   Because Gravano has remained loyal to Stewart, the court assigned him a second attorney to review the issues.

2.   Courts have assigned death penalty cases to lawyers who have never tried a criminal case, like tax lawyers.

3.   The court has assigned him an interpreter.

4.   They must accept whoever is assigned by the court.

5.   Kaye wants to substantially raise the amount earned by lawyers assigned by courts to represent indigent defendants.

6.   The court will assign him a lawyer if he has not retained one himself.

7.   The lower court will randomly assign the case.

8.   The seven Law Lords hearing the case are two more than the court normally assigns to consider appeals.

9.   This will make it easy for the court to assign counsel and at the same time build up a body of experienced defence counsel.

10.   Typically, federal appeals courts assign cases to a three-judge panel, which can take weeks or months to hear it.