Jon Richard Argersinger
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Jon Richard Argersinger was the defendant whose case led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision extending the right to counsel to defendants in misdemeanor cases that could result in imprisonment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jon Richard Argersinger canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2594029 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jon Richard Argersinger Context triple: [Argersinger v. Hamlin, petitioner, Jon Richard Argersinger]
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A.
Lawrence Bender
Lawrence Bender is an American film producer best known for his longtime collaboration with Quentin Tarantino on influential films such as "Pulp Fiction" and the "Kill Bill" series.
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B.
Sol C. Siegel
Sol C. Siegel was an American film producer known for overseeing numerous major Hollywood productions from the 1940s through the 1960s.
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C.
Thomas Blatt
Thomas Blatt was a Polish Jewish Holocaust survivor, writer, and speaker best known for his escape from the Sobibor extermination camp and his later efforts to document its history.
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D.
Lawrence Sher
Lawrence Sher is an American cinematographer best known for his visually distinctive work on films such as Joker (2019) and The Hangover series.
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E.
Art Podell
Art Podell is an American folk musician and songwriter best known as an early member of the popular 1960s folk group The New Christy Minstrels.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jon Richard Argersinger Target entity description: Jon Richard Argersinger was the defendant whose case led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision extending the right to counsel to defendants in misdemeanor cases that could result in imprisonment.
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A.
Lawrence Bender
Lawrence Bender is an American film producer best known for his longtime collaboration with Quentin Tarantino on influential films such as "Pulp Fiction" and the "Kill Bill" series.
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B.
Sol C. Siegel
Sol C. Siegel was an American film producer known for overseeing numerous major Hollywood productions from the 1940s through the 1960s.
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C.
Thomas Blatt
Thomas Blatt was a Polish Jewish Holocaust survivor, writer, and speaker best known for his escape from the Sobibor extermination camp and his later efforts to document its history.
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D.
Lawrence Sher
Lawrence Sher is an American cinematographer best known for his visually distinctive work on films such as Joker (2019) and The Hangover series.
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E.
Art Podell
Art Podell is an American folk musician and songwriter best known as an early member of the popular 1960s folk group The New Christy Minstrels.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (21)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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United States Supreme Court case ⓘ criminal defendant ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ person ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
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criminal procedure ⓘ |
| citation | 407 U.S. 25 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1972 ⓘ |
| expanded | Gideon v. Wainwright ⓘ |
| hasRole | petitioner in Argersinger v. Hamlin ⓘ |
| hasSignificance | His case extended the right to counsel to misdemeanor defendants facing possible imprisonment in U.S. courts. ⓘ |
| holding | The right to counsel applies to any criminal prosecution that actually leads to imprisonment, even for misdemeanors. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| legalCase | Argersinger v. Hamlin ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
Fourteenth Amendment
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surface form:
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
U.S. Constitution, Sixth Amendment ⓘ
surface form:
Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
right to counsel ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the defendant in Argersinger v. Hamlin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jon Richard Argersinger Description of subject: Jon Richard Argersinger was the defendant whose case led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision extending the right to counsel to defendants in misdemeanor cases that could result in imprisonment.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.