assistance of counsel
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
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
How often courts cite the cases defining “assistance of counsel”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “assistance of counsel” — 27,964 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1940–1942
- ORIGINAL
The denial of opportunity for appointed counsel to confer, to consult with the accused and to prepare his defense, could convert the appointment of counsel into a sham and nothing more than a formal compliance with the Constitution's requirement that an accused be given the assistance of counsel. The Constitution's guarantee of assistance of counsel cannot be satisfied by mere formal appointment.