Supreme Court of the United States, 1962

Gideon v. Cochran

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 4, 1962

370 U.S. 908 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Petitioner pro se. Richard W. Ervin, Attorney General of Florida, and Bruce R. Jacob, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Cases that cite this one

2 later published cases cite this decision.

People v. Nazario (Supreme Court of Puerto Rico 1963)
Pueblo v. Cruz Jiménez (Supreme Court of Puerto Rico 1963)

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Opinion of the Court

Motion for leave to proceed in forma pau-peris and petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Florida granted. Case transferred to the appellate docket. In addition to other questions presented by this case, counsel are requested to discuss the following in their briefs and oral argument: “Should this Court’s holding in Betts v. Brady, 316 U. S. 455, be reconsidered?”

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