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Scott Vs. Illinois

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Mar 05, 1979

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  1. Argersinger Vs. Hamlin US Supreme Court · Jun 12, 1972
    Relied / Followed
  2. United States Vs. Moreland US Supreme Court · Apr 17, 1922
  3. Gideon Vs. Wainwright US Supreme Court · Mar 18, 1963
    Distinguished
  4. Johnson Vs. Zerbst US Supreme Court · May 23, 1938
  5. Powell Vs. Alabama US Supreme Court · Nov 07, 1932
  6. Pointer Vs. Texas US Supreme Court · Apr 05, 1965
  7. Groppi Vs. Wisconsin US Supreme Court · Jan 25, 1971
  8. Betts Vs. Brady US Supreme Court · Jun 01, 1942
  9. U.S. 367 (1979) U.S. Supreme Court Scott v. Illinois
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  10. U.S. 367 (1979) Scott v. Illinois
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  11. by the Illinois Supreme Court, over the petitioner's contention that a line of cases culminating in Argersinger v. Hamlin
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  12. which imprisonment upon conviction is authorized but not imposed. Pp. 440 U. S. 369 -374. (a) Argersinger v. Hamlin
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  13. a conflict among state and lower federal courts regarding the proper application of our decision in Argersinger v. Hamlin
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  14. The petitioner argues that a line of this Court's cases culminating in Argersinger v. Hamlin
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  15. the question left open in Argersinger v. Hamlin
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  16. employ a lawyer to assist in his defense. W. Beaney, The Right to Counsel in American Courts 27-30 (1955). In Powell v. Alabama
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  17. Id. at 287 U. S. 73 . Betts v. Brady
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  18. whether failure to appoint counsel was a denial of fundamental fairness. Betts was, in turn, overruled in Gideon v. Wainwright
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  19. U.S. at 372 U. S. 339 . Several Terms later, the Court held, in Duncan v. Louisiana
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  20. Id. at 391 U. S. 159 (footnote omitted). In Baldwin v. New
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  21. gave less in the way of right to counsel to accused felons than to those accused of misdemeanors. See Powell v. Alabama
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  22. Potts v. Estelle
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  23. Winnie v. Harris
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  24. Wis.2d 547, 249 N.W.2d 791 (1977), with Sweeten v. Sneddon
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  25. Rollins v. State
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  26. Brief for Respondent in Argersinger v. Hamlin
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  27. case in which imprisonment was an authorized penalty for the underlying offense. Brief for Petitioner in Argersinger v. Hamlin
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  28. Brief for Legal Aid Society of New York as Amicus Curiae in Argersinger v. Hamlin
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  29. been in Baldwin for purposes of the jury trial guarantee. See, e.g., Brief for Respondent in Argersinger v. Hamlin
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  30. that was finally adopted -- that of actual imprisonment. Brief for United States as Amicus Curiae in Argersinger v. Hamlin
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  31. Cases 1-18 (1976). MR. JUSTICE POWELL, concurring. For the reasons stated in my opinion in Argersinger v. Hamlin
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  32. Emphasis supplied.) Gideon v. Wainwright
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  33. Fourteenth Amendment and held that the right includes the right of the indigent to have counsel provided. Argersinger v. Hamlin
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  34. principles developed in the relevant precedents are clear and sound. The Court simply chooses to ignore them. Gideon v. Wainwright
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  35. Page 440 U. S. 378 requirement, making the Court's former case-by-case due process analysis, cf. Betts v. Brady
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  36. The State, relying on Duncan v. Louisiana
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  37. U. S. 145 (1968), and Baldwin v. New
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  38. Argersinger v. Hamlin
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  39. have been used consistently by this Court as the true measures of the seriousness of offenses. See, e.g., Baldwin v. New
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  40. Frank v. United
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  41. cannot be made dependent on the budgetary decisions of state governments. A unanimous Court made that clear in Mayer v. Chicago
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  42. See Argersinger v. Hamlin
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  43. Klopfer v. North
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  44. Washington v. Texas
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  45. conviction implies dishonesty, it may be a basis for impeaching petitioner's testimony in a court proceeding. People v. Stufflebean
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  46. United States v. White
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  47. Note, Argersinger v. Hamlin
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  48. The Mandate of Argersinger v. Hamlin
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  49. U.S. Supreme Court Scott v. Illinois
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  50. In Powell v. Alabama
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