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Supreme Court· 5/31/1988

Elliott v. Lewin

Citations

  • 486 U.S. 1029
  • 108 S. Ct. 2009

How courts have described this case

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  • finding procedure that sanctioned seventy-two hour delay between arrest and judicial determination of probable cause permissible under Gerstein
  • indigent putative father entitled to appointed counsel in a paternity proceeding; once paternity established, father is responsible for child support and may be incarcerated for failure to provide it
  • upholding a seventy-two hour pre-arraignment detention period

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