Argersinger v. Hamlin

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Argersinger v. Hamlin

Supreme Court of the United States

Argued December 6, 1971
Reargued February 28, 1972
Decided June 12, 1972

Full case name:	Argersinger v. Hamlin
Docket #:	70-5015

Citations:	407 U.S. 25; 92 S. Ct. 2006; 32 L. Ed. 2d 530; 1972 U.S. LEXIS 139

Procedural history:	Certiorari to the Florida Supreme Court, 236 So. 2d 442.

Argument:	Link to Oral Argument

Holding

In all trials involving potential jail time, States are obligated to provide the accused with counsel.

Court membership

Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices: William O. Douglas, William J. Brennan, Jr., Potter Stewart, Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William Rehnquist

Case opinions

Plurality by: Douglas
Joined by: Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall, and Blackmun
Concurrence by: Brennan
Joined by: Douglas, Stewart
Concurrence by: Burger
Concurrence by: Powell
Joined by: Rehnquist

Laws applied

U.S. Const. amends. VI