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MORRIS v. SLAPPY

No. 81-1095.

461 U.S. 1 (1983)

MORRIS, WARDEN v. SLAPPY

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 20, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dane R. Gillette, Deputy Attorney General of California, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, William D. Stein, Assistant Attorney General, and W. Eric Collins and Herbert F. Wilkinson, Deputy Attorneys General.

Michael B. Bassi, by appointment of the Court, 456 U.S. 942, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.*

Dennis A. Fischer, Jeff Brown, Ephraim Margolin, Robert Altman, John J. Cleary, James R. Dunn, and Terence F. MacCarthy filed a brief for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers et al. as amici curiae urging affirmance.

CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question presented is whether it was error for the Court of Appeals to hold that the state trial court violated respondent's Sixth Amendment right to counsel by denying respondent's motion for a continuance until the Deputy Public Defender initially assigned to defend him was available. We granted certiorari, 456 U.S. 904 (1982), and we reverse.

The issues raised arise out of two trials in the state...

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