NIX v. WHITESIDE

No. 84-1321.

475 U.S. 157 (1986)

NIX, WARDEN v. WHITESIDE

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 26, 1986


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent R. Appel, Deputy Attorney General of Iowa, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Thomas D. McGrane, Assistant Attorney General.

Patrick Reilly Grady, by appointment of the Court, 471 U.S. 1097, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.*


CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari to decide whether the Sixth Amendment right of a criminal defendant to assistance of counsel is violated when an attorney refuses to cooperate with the defendant in presenting perjured testimony at his trial.1

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Whiteside was convicted of second-degree murder by a jury verdict which was...

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