Mr. Justice Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court. We are here concerned with the constitutionality of certain aspects of Indiana’s system for pretrial commitment of one accused of crime. Petitioner, Theon Jackson, is a mentally defective deaf mute with a mental level of a pre-school child. He cannot read, write, or otherwise communicate except throug…
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