Add to ORKGThe right to be heard would be, in many cases, of little avail if it did not comprehend the right to be heard by counsel. Even the intelligent and educated layman has small and sometimes no skill in the science of law... He requires the guiding hand of counsel at every step of the proceedings against him. These words, written in 1932 by Mr. Justice Sutherland for the majority in the famous case of Powell v. Alabama underline the fundamental right of a defendant in American criminal proceeding to have the assistance of counsel
The sixth amendment guarantees to the accused in a criminal prosecution the right to have the Assis...
Following his conviction for assault with intent to commit rape, defendant gave notice of appeal. De...
This Article argues for recognition of a constitutional right to assistance of counsel in habeas cor...
In accordance with the provisions of the federal and most state constitutions, a person accused of a...
On June 12, 1972, The United States Supreme Court held in Argersinger v. Hamlin, ... that absent a k...
Effective assistance of counsel. Massachusetts has been in the forefront of the nation in providing ...
The appellant, a person with a long criminal record, was convicted of receiving and concealing stole...
Robbery of a Federal Reserve Bank and jeopardizing lives by the use of dangerous weapons were the ch...
The United States Supreme Court has held that, if a defendant is given a preliminary hearing, it is ...
Under the Constitution of the United States as well as the laws of many states, a defendant in a cri...
The Pennsylvania Superior Court more explicitly defines an understandingly and intelligently made wa...
There is a widely-held belief that the state provides counsel to indigent criminal defendants at the...
The sixth amendment guarantees to an accused the right to assistance of counsel, and this right is e...
Petitioner was tried before a jury on a charge of larceny, convicted and sentenced to a penitentiary...
The United States Supreme Court, in making an accused\u27s right to confront witnesses a fundamental...
The sixth amendment guarantees to the accused in a criminal prosecution the right to have the Assis...
Following his conviction for assault with intent to commit rape, defendant gave notice of appeal. De...
This Article argues for recognition of a constitutional right to assistance of counsel in habeas cor...
In accordance with the provisions of the federal and most state constitutions, a person accused of a...
On June 12, 1972, The United States Supreme Court held in Argersinger v. Hamlin, ... that absent a k...
Effective assistance of counsel. Massachusetts has been in the forefront of the nation in providing ...
The appellant, a person with a long criminal record, was convicted of receiving and concealing stole...
Robbery of a Federal Reserve Bank and jeopardizing lives by the use of dangerous weapons were the ch...
The United States Supreme Court has held that, if a defendant is given a preliminary hearing, it is ...
Under the Constitution of the United States as well as the laws of many states, a defendant in a cri...
The Pennsylvania Superior Court more explicitly defines an understandingly and intelligently made wa...
There is a widely-held belief that the state provides counsel to indigent criminal defendants at the...
The sixth amendment guarantees to an accused the right to assistance of counsel, and this right is e...
Petitioner was tried before a jury on a charge of larceny, convicted and sentenced to a penitentiary...
The United States Supreme Court, in making an accused\u27s right to confront witnesses a fundamental...
The sixth amendment guarantees to the accused in a criminal prosecution the right to have the Assis...
Following his conviction for assault with intent to commit rape, defendant gave notice of appeal. De...
This Article argues for recognition of a constitutional right to assistance of counsel in habeas cor...