Powell rule
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 332 U.S. 134 - Foster v. People of State of Illinois · 1947Most cited · 338 citing opinions
in every case in which this doctrine was invoked and due process was found wanting, the prisoner sustained the burden of proving, or was prepared to prove but was denied opportunity, that for want of benefit of counsel an ingredient of unfairness actively operated in the process that resulted in his confinement.
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