Mempa v. Rhay

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that sentencing is a “critical stage” of the criminal proceedings such that the Sixth Amendment right to counsel attaches
• holding that a defendant must be afforded an attorney at a revocation of probation hearing
• recognizing the “critical nature” of sentencing in criminal proceedings such that the right to counsel attaches
• holding revocation of probation and imposition of sentence to be a critical stage requiring assistance of counsel
• recognizing right to counsel in all criminal proceedings that affect an accused’s substantive rights, including probation revocation proceedings
• concluding that a probation revocation hearing is a critical stage

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).