Argersinger v. Hamlin

Argersinger v. Hamlin

Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants=Argersinger v. Hamlin
ArgueDate=December 6
ArgueYear=1971
ReargueDate=February 28
ReargueYear=1972
DecideDate=June 12
DecideYear=1972
FullName=Argersinger v. Hamlin
USVol=407
USPage=25
Docket=70-5015
OralArgument=http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1971/1971_70_5015/argument/
Procedural=Certiorari to the Florida Supreme Court, 236 So. 2d 442.
Citation=92 S. Ct. 2006; 32 L. Ed. 2d 530; 1972 U.S. LEXIS 139
Prior=
Subsequent=
Holding=In all trials involving potential jail time, States are obligated to provide the accused with counsel.
SCOTUS=1972-1975
Plurality=Douglas
JoinPlurality=Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall, and Blackmun
Concurrence=Brennan
JoinConcurrence=Douglas, Stewart
Concurrence2=Burger
Concurrence3=Powell
JoinConcurrence3=Rehnquist
NotParticipating=
LawsApplied=U.S. Const. amends. VI

"Argersinger v. Hamlin", 407 U.S. 25 (1972) is a United States Supreme Court decision holding that the accused in any criminal prosecution involving the potential deprivation of liberty is entitled to counsel. "Gideon v. Wainwright" made the right to counsel provided in the Sixth Amendment applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.

ee also

*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 407

External links

* [http://www.enfacto.com/case/U.S./407/25/ Argersinger v. Hamlin, 407 U.S. 25 (1972)] (opinion full text).


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