PALMER v. ASHE, 342 U.S. 134 (1951)

PALMER v. ASHE, WARDEN. CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA. No. 38. Argued November 5, 1951. Decided December 11, 1951. 1. The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires a state to afford a defendant assistance of counsel in a noncapital criminal case when there are special circumstances showing that without a lawyer […]

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PALMERv.ASHE, Warden.

342 U.S. 134 342 U.S. 134 72 S.Ct. 191 96 L.Ed. 154 PALMERv.ASHE, Warden. No. 38. Decided Dec. 11, 1951. Argued Nov. 5, 1951. Opinion Conformed to Jan. 26, 1952. See 86 A.2d 61. Mr. Louis B. Schwartz, Philadelphia, Pa., for petitioner. Mr. Leonard H. Levenson, Pittsburgh, Pa., for respondent. Opinion of the Court by […]

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