Escobedo v. Illinois
Escobedo v. Illinois, 378 U.S. 478 (1964), is a United States Supreme Court case holding that criminal suspects have a right to counsel during police interrogations under the Sixth Amendment. The case was decided a year after the court had held in Gideon v. Wainwright that indigent criminal defendants have a right to be provided counsel at trial.
| Escobedo v. Illinois | |
|---|---|
Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Argued April 29, 1964 Decided June 22, 1964 | |
| Full case name | Escobedo v. Illinois |
| Citations | 378 U.S. 478 (more) 84 S. Ct. 1758; 12 L. Ed. 2d 977; 1964 U.S. LEXIS 827; 4 Ohio Misc. 197; 32 Ohio Op. 2d 31 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Defendant convicted in Cook County criminal court; Illinois Supreme Court held statement inadmissible and reversed, February 1, 1963; on petition for rehearing, Illinois Supreme Court affirmed conviction, 28 Ill. 2d 41; cert. granted, 375 U.S. 902. |
| Subsequent | reversed and remanded |
| Holding | |
| If a police investigation begins to focus on a particular suspect, his statements to the police are excluded if he has been refused counsel. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Goldberg, joined by Warren, Black, Douglas, Brennan |
| Dissent | Harlan |
| Dissent | Stewart |
| Dissent | White, joined by Stewart, Clark |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amends. VI, XIV | |
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