Legal Opinion
Billings v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 16, 1970No. 537, September Term, 1969PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOrth, J.
The Court of Appeals and this Court have consistently held that ordinarily there is no constitutional right to the assistance of counsel at a preliminary hearing as conducted in Maryland. Evans v. Warden, 240 Md. 833; Mercer v. State, 237 Md. 479; Fabian v. State, 235 Md. 306; Coleman v. State, 8 Md. App. 65; Crumb v. State, 1 Md. App. 98. In so holding it was recognized that a person accused of crime “requires the guiding hand of counsel at every step of the proceedings against him”, Powell v. Alabama, 287 U. S. 45, 69, and that “it is central to that principle that in addition to counsel’s…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Brown v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1972
- Bartholomey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1971
- Hebron v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1971
- Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- Matter of WatersCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1971
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