Patterson v. Illinois

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1988-06-24

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Justice White delivered the opinion of the Court. In this case, we are called on to determine whether the interrogation of petitioner after his indictment violated his Sixth Amendment right to counsel. I Before dawn on August 21, 1983, petitioner and other members of the “Vice Lords” street gang became involved in a fight with members of a rival gang, the “Black Mobsters.” So…

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