Palmer v. Ashe

342 U.S. 134 (1951)

PALMER

v.

ASHE, WARDEN.

No. 38.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued November 5, 1951.

Decided December 11, 1951.

CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA.

Louis B. Schwartz, acting under appointment by the Court, argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Leonard H. Levenson argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was William S. Rahauser.

Opinion of the Court by MR. JUSTICE BLACK, announced by MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER.

This Court has repeatedly held that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires states to afford defendants assistance…