ESCOBEDO v. ILLINOIS

No. 615.

4 Ohio Misc. 197 (1964)

ESCOBEDO v. ILLINOIS.

United States Supreme Court.

Decided June 22, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Barry L. Kroll, for petitioner.

Mr. James R. Thompson, for respondent.


GOLDBERG, J.

The critical question in this case is whether, under the circumstances, the refusal by the police to honor petitioner's request to consult with his lawyer during the course of an interrogation constitutes a denial of "the Assistance of Counsel" in violation of the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution as "made obligatory upon the States by the Fourteenth Amendment," Gideon v. Wainwright,

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