Kirby v. Illinois
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Kirby v. Illinois is a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the Sixth Amendment right to counsel by holding it does not apply to pre-indictment identification procedures such as police lineups.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kirby v. Illinois canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11230701 — 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: Kirby v. Illinois Context triple: [Moore v. Illinois, relatedCase, Kirby v. Illinois]
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A.
Scott v. Illinois
Scott v. Illinois is a 1979 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the Sixth Amendment right to appointed counsel applies only when a defendant is actually sentenced to imprisonment, thereby limiting the broader protections suggested in Argersinger v. Hamlin.
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B.
Illinois v. Krull
Illinois v. Krull is a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court decision that extended the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule to evidence obtained by police relying on a statute later found unconstitutional.
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C.
Bradwell v. Illinois
Bradwell v. Illinois is an 1873 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld a state's right to bar women from practicing law, marking an early setback for women's rights under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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D.
Ray v. Blair
Ray v. Blair is a 1952 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a state's authority to require presidential electors to pledge support for their party's nominees as a condition of appointment.
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E.
Moore v. Illinois
Moore v. Illinois is a United States Supreme Court decision addressing constitutional criminal procedure issues, particularly concerning the rights of defendants in state prosecutions.
- 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: Kirby v. Illinois Target entity description: Kirby v. Illinois is a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the Sixth Amendment right to counsel by holding it does not apply to pre-indictment identification procedures such as police lineups.
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A.
Scott v. Illinois
Scott v. Illinois is a 1979 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the Sixth Amendment right to appointed counsel applies only when a defendant is actually sentenced to imprisonment, thereby limiting the broader protections suggested in Argersinger v. Hamlin.
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B.
Illinois v. Krull
Illinois v. Krull is a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court decision that extended the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule to evidence obtained by police relying on a statute later found unconstitutional.
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C.
Bradwell v. Illinois
Bradwell v. Illinois is an 1873 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld a state's right to bar women from practicing law, marking an early setback for women's rights under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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D.
Ray v. Blair
Ray v. Blair is a 1952 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a state's authority to require presidential electors to pledge support for their party's nominees as a condition of appointment.
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E.
Moore v. Illinois
Moore v. Illinois is a United States Supreme Court decision addressing constitutional criminal procedure issues, particularly concerning the rights of defendants in state prosecutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sixth Amendment case
ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ criminal procedure case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
eyewitness identification
ⓘ
right to counsel ⓘ |
| citation | 406 U.S. 682 ⓘ |
| concurrenceBy |
William J. Brennan Jr.
ⓘ
William O. Douglas ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvision |
Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Constitution, Sixth Amendment
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decidedUnder | Sixth Amendment right to counsel doctrine ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1972 ⓘ |
| dissentBy |
Byron R. White
ⓘ
Thurgood Marshall ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Gilbert v. California
ⓘ
Stovall v. Denno ⓘ United States v. Wade ⓘ |
| effect | Limited the scope of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel in identification procedures ⓘ |
| fullCaseName | Kirby v. Illinois ⓘ |
| holding |
The Sixth Amendment right to counsel does not attach to pre-indictment identification procedures such as police lineups
ⓘ
The right to counsel under the Sixth Amendment attaches only at or after the initiation of adversary judicial criminal proceedings ⓘ |
| issue | Whether the Sixth Amendment right to counsel applies to pre-indictment police lineups ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
constitutional law
ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ criminal procedure ⓘ |
| majorityBy | Potter Stewart ⓘ |
| opinionType | plurality opinion ⓘ |
| page | 682 ⓘ |
| pluralityJustices |
Harry A. Blackmun
ⓘ
Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ Potter Stewart ⓘ Warren E. Burger ⓘ |
| precedentStatus | binding precedent in the United States federal courts ⓘ |
| proceduralPosture | Review of a state criminal conviction involving a pre-indictment lineup ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Escobedo v. Illinois
ⓘ
Miranda v. Arizona ⓘ United States v. Wade ⓘ |
| reporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| result | Judgment of the Illinois courts affirmed ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
casebooks on criminal procedure
ⓘ
legal scholarship on the right to counsel ⓘ |
| term | 1971 Term ⓘ |
| timeframeOfEvents | pre-indictment stage of criminal proceedings ⓘ |
| volume | 406 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1972 ⓘ |
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Subject: Kirby v. Illinois Description of subject: Kirby v. Illinois is a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the Sixth Amendment right to counsel by holding it does not apply to pre-indictment identification procedures such as police lineups.
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