402 U.S. 995
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 24, 1971
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1971-05-24
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Decided 1971-05-24
Cited by 316 later decisions (7 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 1997 · most notably Kirby v. Illinois (1972), United States v. Isaacs (1974)
176 federal appellate · 10 district · 54 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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¶1App. Ct. Ill., 1st Dist. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted limited to Question 2 presented in the petition which reads as follows:
“(2) Whether due process requires that an accused be advised of his right to counsel prior to a pre-indictment showup at a police station several hours after his arrest and forty-eight hours after the alleged crime occurred.”