Legal Opinion
Mempa v. Rhay
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 13, 1967No. 16PublishedCited by 1,525 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall
These consolidated cases raise the question of the extent of the right to counsel at the time of sentencing where the sentencing has been deferred subject to probation.
Petitioner Jerry Douglas Mempa was convicted in the Spokane County Superior Court on June 17, 1959, of the offense of “joyriding,” Wash. Rev. Code § 9.54.020. This conviction was based on his plea of guilty entered with the advice of court-appointed counsel. He was then placed on probation for two years on the condition, inter alia, that he first spend 30 days in the county jail, and the imposition of sentence was deferred…
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