Legal Opinion
Mayberry v. Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 20, 1971No. 121PublishedCited by 698 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
Petitioner and two codefendants were tried in a state court for prison breach and holding hostages in a penal institution. While they had appointed' counsel as advisers, they represented themselves. The trial ended with a jury verdict of guilty of both charges on the 21st day, which was a Friday. The defendants were brought in for sentencing on the following Monday. Before imposing sentence on the verdicts the judge pronounced them guilty of criminal contempt. He found that petitioner had committed one or more contempts on 11 of the 21 days of trial and sentenced him to not less than one nor…
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