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Escobedo v. Illinois. June 22, 1964. After being arrested and taken into police custody as a suspect in the murder of his brother-in-law, the petitioner asked to speak to his attorney.
Yes. Reverse the petitioner's conviction and remand the case. The Sixth Amendment protects the right to effective assistance of counsel. Here, because the police investigation focused on the accused as a suspect rather than a less specific investigation, refusing to allow an accused to speak with his attorney is a denial of this Sixth Amendment right.
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Illinois, 378 U.S. 478 (1964) Escobedo v. Illinois No. 615 Argued April 29, 1964 Decided June 22, 1964 378 U.S. 478 CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF ILLINOIS Syllabus Petitioner, a 22-year-old of Mexican extraction, was arrested with his sister and taken to police headquarters for interrogation in connection with the fatal shooting, about 11 ...
ESCOBEDO v. ILLINOIS. 378 U.S. 478 (1964) MR. JUSTICE GOLDBERG delivered the opinion of the Court. The critical question in this case is whether, under the circumstances, the refusal by the police to honor petitioner’s request to consult with his lawyer during the course of an interrogation constitutes a denial of “the Assistance of Counsel ...
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ESCOBEDO V. ILLINOISOne of three important cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1960s on the subject of the right to counsel, Escobedo v. Illinois 378 U.S. 478, 4 Ohio Misc. 197, 84 S.Ct. 1758, 12 L.Ed.2d 977 (U.S.Ill. 1964), was a far-reaching decision which held for the first time that defendants had a right to counsel even before they were indicted for a particular crime.
