Coleman v. Alabama

Coleman v. Alabama
Coleman v. Alabama
	Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 22, 1970
Full case name	Coleman v. Alabama
Citations	399 U.S. 1 (more)
Holding
	A probable-cause hearing where a court decides whether there is sufficient evidence to present to a grand jury is a critical stage that attaches a Sixth Amendment right-to-counsel.
Court membership
	Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices Hugo Black · William O. Douglas; John M. Harlan II · William J. Brennan Jr.; Potter Stewart · Byron White; Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Case opinion
Majority	Brennan

Coleman v. Alabama, 399 U.S. 1 (1970), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a probable-cause hearing where a court decides whether there is sufficient evidence to present to a grand jury is a critical stage that attaches a Sixth Amendment right-to-counsel.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Coleman v. Alabama, 399 U.S. 1 (1970)
^ Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "Counsel, Assistance of". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 128.

External links

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[1] Coleman v. Alabama, 399 U.S. 1 (1970)

[2] Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "Counsel, Assistance of". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 128.

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