Legal Opinion

Gayes v. New York

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 23, 1947No. 405Published

1Opinion of the Court

332 U.S. 145 (1947)

GAYES

v.

NEW YORK.

No. 405.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued May 2, 1947.

Decided June 23, 1947.

CERTIORARI TO THE COUNTY COURT OF MONROE COUNTY, NEW YORK.

Herbert Wechsler argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Harry L. Rosenthal argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

2Judgment of the CourtJustice Frankfurter

This is another case in which release is sought from confinement under a sentence by a State court following a plea of guilty, on a claim of a denial of due process of law through want of benefit of counsel.

The circumstances are these. On July 15, 1938, Gayes, then a lad of sixteen, was…

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3Cases cited9 opinions

  1. West v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. People v. GersewitzNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
  3. Canizio v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  4. Gayes v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  5. People Ex Rel. Carollo v. BrophyNew York Court of Appeals · 1945

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