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PERRY v. LEEKE

No. 87-6325.

488 U.S. 272 (1989)

PERRY v. LEEKE, COMMISSIONER, SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 10, 1989

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Gaston Fairey, by appointment of the Court, 485 U.S. 1004, argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Donald J. Zelenka, Chief Deputy Attorney General of South Carolina, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were T. Travis Medlock, Attorney General, and James C. Anders.*

JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

In Geders v. United States, 425 U.S. 80 (1976), we held that a trial court's order directing a defendant not to consult his attorney during an overnight recess, called while the defendant was on the witness stand, violated his Sixth Amendment right to the assistance of counsel. Today we consider whether the Geders rule...

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