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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Scottsboro_Boys_case
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gptkbp:arguedDate
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1932-10-11
1932-10-12
1932-10-10
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gptkbp:category
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Landmark Supreme Court decision
Criminal procedure case
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gptkbp:citation
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287 U.S. 45
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gptkbp:date
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1932-11-07
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gptkbp:defendant
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gptkb:Charlie_Weems
gptkb:Clarence_Norris
gptkb:Haywood_Patterson
gptkb:Olen_Montgomery
gptkb:Ozie_Powell
gptkb:Roy_Wright
gptkb:Willie_Roberson
gptkb:Eugene_Williams
gptkb:Andy_Wright
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gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
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gptkb:Pierce_Butler
gptkb:James_Clark_McReynolds
gptkb:Willis_Van_Devanter
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Powell_et_al._v._State_of_Alabama
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gptkbp:heldBy
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Defendants must be given access to counsel upon request as part of due process
Failure to provide counsel in capital cases is a denial of due process
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Powell v. Alabama
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gptkbp:judge
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Alabama
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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gptkb:George_Sutherland
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gptkbp:numberOfIssues
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due process
right to counsel
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gptkbp:politicalParty
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gptkb:Alabama
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:Gideon_v._Wainwright
gptkb:Betts_v._Brady
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Norris_v._Alabama
gptkb:Patterson_v._Alabama
gptkb:Scottsboro_Boys
gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkb:Sixth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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gptkbp:result
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Convictions reversed
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gptkbp:subject
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Due process rights of defendants
Right to counsel in criminal cases
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Gideon_v._Wainwright
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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