Townsend v. Burke

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• holding that absence of counsel during sentencing, coupled with prejudice, violated the Sixth Amendment guarantee of counsel
• holding that absence of counsel during sentencing, coupled with prejudice, violated the Sixth Amendment guarantee of counsel
• holding that due process is violated when a court relies on “extensively and materially false” evidence to impose a sentence on an uncounseled defendant
• holding that due process is violated when a court relies on \extensively and materially false\ evidence to impose a sentence on an uncounseled defendant
• holding that federal due process is violated when a court relies on \extensively and materially false\ evidence to impose a sentence on an uncounseled defendant
• holding that the defendant was denied due process of law when a trial judge relied upon \assumptions concerning his criminal record which were materially untrue\

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