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Evitts Vs. Lucey

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 21, 1985

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  17. U.S. 387 (1985) U.S. Supreme Court Evitts v. Lucey
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  18. U.S. 387 (1985) Evitts v. Lucey
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  19. with due process of law if the appellant does not have the effective assistance of an attorney. The promise of Douglas v. California
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  20. that a criminal defendant has a right to counsel on his first appeal as of right -- like the promise of Gideon v. Wainwright
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  21. Process Clause. Pp. 469 U. S. 400 -401. (c) Under any reasonable interpretation of the line drawn in Ross v. Moffitt
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  22. Clause, respondent's appeal was an appeal as of right, thus triggering the right to counsel recognized in Douglas v. California
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  23. no bearing on the Commonwealth's actions in this case because the constitutional requirements recognized in Griffin v. Illinois
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  24. U. S. 12 (the transcript of the trial is a prerequisite to a decision on the merits of an appeal), Douglas v. California
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  25. C.J., joined, post, p. 469 U. S. 406 . JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court. Douglas v. California
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  26. See England v. Spalding
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  27. case to the District Court for determination whether respondent had a claim under the Equal Protection Clause. Lucey v. Seabold
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  28. On January 12, 1984, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the judgment of the District Court. Lucey v. Kavanaugh
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  29. the content of appropriate standards for judging claims of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. Cf. Strickland v. Washington
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  30. Griffin v. Illinois
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  31. among those safeguards is the right to counsel, see Douglas v. California
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  32. to counsel, created by the Sixth Amendment and applied to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment, see Gideon v. Wainwright
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  33. U. S. 335 , 372 U. S. 344 (1963), comprehends the right to effective assistance of counsel. See Cuyler v. Sullivan
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  34. States to grant appeals as of right to criminal defendants seeking to review alleged trial court errors. McKane v. Durston
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  35. Eskridge v. Washington
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  36. for appellate consideration on the merits. See Griffin, supra, at 351 U. S. 20 . Therefore, Douglas v. California
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  37. U.S. at 372 U. S. 358 . This right to counsel is limited to the first appeal as of right, see Ross v. Moffitt
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  38. and the attorney need not advance every argument, regardless of merit, urged by the appellant, see Jones v. Barnes
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  39. But the attorney must be available to assist in preparing and submitting a brief to the appellate court, Swenson v. Bosler
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  40. rather than a mere friend of the court assisting in a detached evaluation of the appellant's claim. See Anders v. California
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  41. Entsminger v. Iowa
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  42. U. S. 748 (1967). B Gideon v. Wainwright
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  43. Id. at 372 U. S. 340 , quoting Betts v. Brady
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  44. Powell v. Alabama
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  45. Herring v. New
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  46. McMann v. Richardson
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  47. to be used in assessing claims that trial counsel failed to provide effective representation. See United States v. Cronic
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  48. at trial applies to every criminal prosecution, without regard to whether counsel is retained or appointed. See Cuyler v. Page
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  49. This result is Page 469 U. S. 397 hardly novel. The petitioners in both Anders v. California
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  50. U. S. 738 (1967), and Entsminger v. Iowa
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