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assistance of counsel

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From 315 U.S. 60 - Glasser v. United States · 1942Most cited · 26,381 citing opinions

the 'Assistance of Counsel' guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment contemplates that such assistance be untrammeled and unimpaired by a court order requiring that one lawyer shall simultaneously represent conflicting interests

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