Legal Opinion
Powell v. Alabama
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 7, 1932No. 98, 99, and 100PublishedCited by 4,801 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sutherland
These cases were argued together and submitted for decision as one case.
The petitioners, hereinafter referred to as defendants, are negroes charged with the crime of rape, committed upon the persons of two white girls. The crime is said to have been committed on March 25, 1931. The indictment was returned in a state Court of first instance on March 31, and the record recites that on the same day the defendants were arraigned and entered pleas otf not guilty. There is a further recital to the effect that upon the arraignment they were represented by counsel. But no counsel had been employed,…
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