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Cuyler Vs. Sullivan

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 12, 1980

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  11. U.S. 335 (1980) U.S. Supreme Court Cuyler v. Sullivan
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  12. U.S. 335 (1980) Cuyler v. Sullivan
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  13. motions failed, and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed his conviction by an equally divided vote. Commonwealth v. Sullivan
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  14. Supreme Court affirmed both Sullivan's original conviction and the denial of collateral relief. Commonwealth v. Sullivan
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  15. App to Pet. for Cert. 5C-8C. The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed. United States ex rel. Sullivan v. Cuyler
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  16. Id. at 519, quoting Walker v. United
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  17. F.2d 374, 375 (CA3) (per curiam), cert. denied, 399 U.S. 915 (1970). See also United States ex rel. Hart v. Davenport
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  18. U. S. 341 We granted certiorari, 444 U.S. 823 (1979), to consider recurring issues left unresolved by Holloway v. Arkansas
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  19. In Townsend v. Sain
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  20. U.S. at 372 U. S. 309 , n. 6, quoting Brown v. Allen
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  21. of law and fact that requires the application of legal principles to the historical facts of this case. Cf. Brewer v. Williams
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  22. the Fourteenth Amendment. The right to counsel guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment is a fundamental right. Argersinger v. Hamlin
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  23. conducted by the State itself, is an action of the State within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment. See Lisenba v. California
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  24. U. S. 86 , 261 U. S. 90 -91 (1923). The Court recognized as much in Gideon v. Wainwright
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  25. Johnson v. Zerbst
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  26. through such a trial, it is the State that unconstitutionally deprives the defendant of his liberty. See Argersinger v. Hamlin
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  27. Tollett v. Henderson
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  28. a lawyer's tactical decision to put the defendant on the stand unconstitutionally abridge the right to counsel. Brooks v. Tennessee
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  29. U. S. 570 , 365 U. S. 593 -596 (1961) (prohibiting direct examination of defendant). See also Geders v. United
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  30. Herring v. New
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  31. Amendment because his lawyers had a conflict of interest. The claim raises two issues expressly reserved in Holloway v. Arkansas
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  32. U.S. at 435 U. S. 485 , quoting State v. Davis
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  33. Id. at 435 U. S. 482 -483, quoting Glasser v. United
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  34. In Glasser v. United
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  35. at 75. Since this actual conflict of interest impaired Glasser's defense, the Court reversed his conviction. Dukes v. Warden
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  36. Id. at 406 U. S. 256 , quoting Dukes v. Warden
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  37. of their fee, but no part of the money came from either Sullivan or his family. See United States ex rel. Sullivan v. Cuyler
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  38. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied two petitions for reargument. See Commonwealth v. Sullivan
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  39. federal habeas corpus relief were dismissed for failure to exhaust state remedies. See United States ex rel. Sullivan v. Cuyler
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  40. d). Compare Velleca v. Superintendent
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  41. F.2d 1040, 1041-1042 (CA1 1975) (per curiam), with Hill v. Nelson
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  42. of the question on which we granted certiorari, see Vance v. Terrazas
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  43. U. S. 252 , 444 U. S. 258 -259, n. 5 (1980), we must address it. See Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University
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  44. Fitzgerald v. Estelle
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  45. As the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit said, in United States ex rel. Hart v. Davenport
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  46. Several Courts of Appeals already invoke their supervisory power to require similar inquiries. See United States v. Waldman
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  47. United States v. DeBerry
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  48. United States v. Lawriw
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  49. Ford v. United
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  50. said explicitly that the Sixth Amendment does not require an inquiry into the possibility of conflicts, United States v. Steele
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