Gibbs v. Burke

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1949-06-27

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Me. Justice Reed delivéred the opinion of the Court. This case raises the question whether, under the circumstances of petitioner’s trial for larceny in a state court without counsel, Pennsylvania deprived him of a federal constitutional right protected by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Petitioner, a man in his 'th…

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