Kirby v. Illinois, No. 70-5061 (U.S. Supreme Court) (406 U.S. 682; 92 S.Ct. 1877) (June 7, 1972) (Justice Stewart)
Here the Court held that a person's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment right to counsel attaches only at or after the time that adversary judicial proceedings have been initiated against him - listing the events that give rise to such formal proceedings.
In this case the Court adopted a bright line ...
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