Halbert v. Michigan, No. 03-10198 (U.S. Supreme Court) (545 U.S. 605; 125 S.Ct. 2582) (June 23, 2005) (Justice Ginsburg)
Here, by a 6-to-3 vote, the Supreme Court vacated as unconstitutional a Michigan statute that denied court appointed counsel to persons plead guilty to a crime and thereafter seek permission to appeal.
In Douglas v. California, 372 U.S. 353 (1963), the Supreme Court held that, in criminal proceedings, a State ...
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