Legal Opinion
Kuren v. Luzerne County
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 28, 2016No. 57 MAP 2015; No. 58 MAP 2015PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JUSTICE WECHT
The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution safeguards some of our basic liberties. Among its protections is the guarantee that, “[i]n all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall .,. have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.” U.S. Const., Amend VI. In the seminal case of Gideon v. Wainwright, the United States Supreme Court held that this bedrock right extended to state courts by application of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 372 U.S. 335, 342, 83 S.Ct. 792, 9 L.Ed.2d 799 (1963). Since Gideon, the Sixth Amendment has required not only…
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