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MAINE v. MOULTON

No. 84-786.

474 U.S. 159 (1985)

MAINE v. MOULTON

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 10, 1985

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne S. Moss, Assistant Attorney General of Maine, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were James E. Tierney, Attorney General, and Charles K. Leadbetter, James T. Kilbreth III, and Eric E. Wright, Assistant Attorneys General.

Anthony W. Beardsley, by appointment of the Court, 470 U.S. 1082, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were David P. Cluchey and Charles S. Sims.*

JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question presented in this case is whether respondent's Sixth Amendment right to the assistance of counsel was violated by the admission at trial of incriminating statements made by him to his codefendant, a secret government informant, after indictment and at a meeting of the two to plan defense strategy for the upcoming trial.

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