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Gideon Vs. Wainwright

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Mar 18, 1963

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  1. Powell Vs. Alabama US Supreme Court · Nov 07, 1932
    Relied / Followed
  2. Johnson Vs. Zerbst US Supreme Court · May 23, 1938
  3. Cantwell Vs. Connecticut US Supreme Court · May 20, 1940
  4. Shelton Vs. Tucker US Supreme Court · Dec 12, 1960
  5. Mapp Vs. Ohio US Supreme Court · Jun 19, 1961
  6. O'Neil Vs. Vermont US Supreme Court · Apr 04, 1892
  7. Betts Vs. Brady US Supreme Court · Jun 01, 1942
    Distinguished
  8. Palko Vs. Connecticut US Supreme Court · Dec 06, 1937
  9. Carnley Vs. Cochran US Supreme Court · Apr 30, 1962
  10. Poe Vs. Ullman US Supreme Court · Jun 19, 1961
  11. Maxwell Vs. Dow US Supreme Court · Feb 26, 1900
  12. U.S. 335 (1963) U.S. Supreme Court Gideon v. Wainwright
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  13. U.S. 335 (1963) Gideon v. Wainwright
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  14. and petitioner's trial and conviction without the assistance of counsel violated the Fourteenth Amendment. Betts v. Brady
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  15. but without an opinion, denied all relief. Since 1942, when Betts v. Brady
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  16. Should this Court's holding in Betts v. Brady
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  17. of due process. Since the facts and circumstances of the two cases are so nearly indistinguishable, we think the Betts v. Brady
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  18. that the Constitution guarantees him the assistance of counsel. Upon full reconsideration, we conclude that Betts v. Brady
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  19. Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This same principle was recognized, explained, and applied in Powell v. Alabama
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  20. a case upholding the right of counsel, where the Court held that, despite sweeping language to the contrary in Hurtado v. California
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  21. On the other hand, this Court in Palko v. Connecticut
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  22. U.S. at 302 U. S. 324 -326. We accept Betts v. Brady's
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  23. that the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of counsel is not one of these fundamental rights. Ten years before Betts v. Brady
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  24. Grosjean v. American
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  25. U. S. 458 , 304 U. S. 462 (1938). To the same effect, see Avery v. Alabama
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  26. U. S. 444 (1940), and Smith v. O'Grady
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  27. the Court in Betts v. Brady
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  28. U.S. at 287 U. S. 68 -69. The Court in Betts v. Brady
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  29. departed from the sound wisdom upon which the Court's holding in Powell v. Alabama
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  30. rested. Florida, supported by two other States, has asked that Betts v. Brady
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  31. Of the many such cases to reach this Court, recent examples are Carnley v. Cochran
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  32. Hudson v. North
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  33. Moore v. Michigan
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  34. U. S. 155 (1957). Illustrative cases in the state courts are Artrip v. State
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  35. Shafer v. Warden
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  36. E.g., Gitlow v. New
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  37. Lovell v. City
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  38. Staub v. City
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  39. De Jonge v. Oregon
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  40. Gremillion v. NAACP
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  41. Edwards v. South
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  42. E.g., Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co. v. Chicago
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  43. E.g., Wolf v. Colorado
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  44. Elkins v. United
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  45. Robinson v. California
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  46. U. S. 346 Justice Field, the first Justice Harlan, and probably Justice Brewer, took that position in O'Neil v. Vermont
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  47. U. S. 362 -363, 144 U. S. 370 -371, as did Justices BLACK, DOUGLAS, Murphy and Rutledge in Adamson v. California
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  48. U. S. 46 , 332 U. S. 71 -72, 124. And see Poe v. Ullman
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  49. U. S. 122 , and seemingly was accepted by Justice Clifford when he dissented with Justice Field in Walker v. Sauvinet
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  50. Unfortunately, it has never commanded a Court. Yet, happily, all constitutional questions are always open. Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins
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