Baldasar v. Illinois, No. 77-6219 (U.S. Supreme Court) (446 U.S. 222; 100 S.Ct. 1585) (April 22, 1980) (Per Curiam)
Here a divided court held that the Constitution prohibits a sentencing court from considering a defendant's previous uncounseled misdemeanor conviction in sentencing him for a subsequent offense.
One year after the Court's decision in Scott v Illinois, 440 US 367 (1979), a majority of the Court held in this case ...
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