52 Ala. App. 405 - Kearley v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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16 state decisions

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1. “"It appears that the trial court gave the defendant a speedy trial. In fact, too speedy to satisfy the constitutional rights of the defendant to the assistance of counsel. "We think that such a hurried trial after appointment of counsel (on the same day) converted the appointment of counsel into a sham, and was nothing more than a formal compliance with the constitutional requirement that the indigent defendant be given the assistance of counsel. Gideon v. Wainwright , 372 U.S. 335 , 83 S.Ct. 792 , 9 L.Ed.2d 799 . This guarantee of assistance of counsel as mandated by Wainwright and the constitution cannot be satisfied by a mere formal appointment. The appointment of counsel on the same date of the trial did not give them reasonable time to plan *Page 124 and prepare the defense of their client and to see if they could obtain the defendant's witnesses in person or their evidence as provided by law. Powell v. Alabama , 287 U.S. 45 (4)(5), 53 S.Ct. 55 , 77 L.Ed. 158."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mars v. State · 395 So. 2d 121 - Brown v. State