McDonald v. Magruder

How courts have described this case

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• prohibiting a § 1983 civil action for damages if it would render a conviction or 1 | sentence invalid
• “The presumption that counsel’s assistance is essential requires us to conclude that a trial is unfair if the accused is denied counsel at uncritical stage. The, same is true on appeal.” (citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).