56 Md. App. 613 - Lee v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
February 1999
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Shillitani v. United States · Cheff v. Schnackenberg · State v. Roll and Scholl · Yopps v. State · Rutherford v. Katzenberger
Most-quoted passages
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“[U]nder the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and Article 24 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights, an indigent defendant in a civil contempt proceeding cannot be sentenced to incarceration unless he has been afforded the right to appointed counsel.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dishman v. Dishman“Thus, it is firmly established that a defendant is entitled to representation by counsel in a civil contempt proceeding if he is to be sentenced to a period of incarceration.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dishman v. Dishman
How this case has been treated — in progress
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