Geders v. U.S., No. 74-5968 (U.S. Supreme Court) (425 U.S. 80; 96 S.Ct. 1330) (March 30, 1976) (Justice Burger)
Here the Court held that a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel was violated when the trial court prohibited him from consulting with his counsel during a seventeen hour overnight recess.
In this case the trial judge sequestered all witnesses for both prosecution and defense and before ...
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