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Brewer v. Williams, 430 U.S. 387 (1977), is a decision by the United States Supreme Court that clarifies what constitutes "waiver" of the right to counsel for the ...
As stated in Brewer v.Williams, 430 U.S. 387 (1977), the right to counsel "means at least that a person is entitled to the help of a lawyer at or after the time that judicial proceedings have been initiated against him, 'whether by way of formal charge, preliminary hearing, indictment, information, or arraignment. ' " [2] Brewer goes on to conclude that once adversarial proceedings have begun ...
Case name Citation Date decided Piper v. Chris-Craft Indus., Inc. 430 U.S. 1: 1977: Delaware Tribal Bus. Comm. v. Weeks: 430 U.S. 73: 1977: Califano v. Sanders
Califano v. Goldfarb: 430 U.S. 199 (1977) Differing Social Security benefits for widows and widowers violates equal protection Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Brady: 430 U.S. 274 (1977) Constitutional requirements for imposing state business privilege taxes on out-of-state corporations Brewer v. Williams: 430 U.S. 387 (1977) "Christian burial ...
Illinois, 440 U.S. 367 (1979), ruled that counsel did not need to be appointed, but in Alabama v. Shelton, 535 U.S. 654 (2002), the Court held that a suspended sentence that may result in incarceration cannot be imposed if the defendant did not have counsel at trial. As stated in Brewer v. Williams, 430 U.S. 387 (1977), the right to counsel ...
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This Oklahoma County family spent six years fighting for fair compensation after their custom three-story home was reduced to rubble to make way for the Kickapoo Turnpike.
Williams, 430 U.S. 387 (1979), where police used their knowledge of Williams's deep religious beliefs to elicit an incriminating statement despite not formally questioning Williams. However, in Brewer, the state had already initiated formal judicial proceedings by obtaining an arrest warrant and arraigning Williams, thus triggering the ...