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· 7/24/1984

United States v. Billy G. Byers

Citations

  • 740 F.2d 1104
  • 239 U.S. App. D.C. 1
  • 15 Fed. R. Serv. 1857
  • 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 20244

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  • finding that the right to counsel attached at death penalty certification hearings
  • analyzing various justifications advanced by the courts

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Judges: Robinson, Wright, Tamm, Wilkey, Wald, Mikva, Edwards, Ginsburg, Bork, Scalia, Bazelon, MacKinnon

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