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Supreme Court· 4/29/1963

White v. Maryland

Citations

  • 373 U.S. 59
  • 83 S. Ct. 1050
  • 10 L. Ed. 2d 193
  • 1963 U.S. LEXIS 1697

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a preliminary hearing was a critical stage because the “petitioner entered a plea before the magistrate and that plea was taken at a time when he had no coun- sel”
  • holding that “[w]hatever may be the normal function of the ‘preliminary hearing’ under Maryland law, it was in this case as ‘critical’ a [stage] as arraignment under Alabama law” because “[w]hen arraigned at that preliminary hearing [the unrepresented defendant] pleaded guilty”
  • noting that a preliminary hearing became a critical stage by virtue of the fact the defendant pleaded guilty
  • presuming prejudice where defendant pleaded guilty at a preliminary hearing before he was appointed counsel
  • presuming prejudice where defendant pleaded guilty at a preliminary hearing before he was appointed counsel
  • making same critical stage finding for preliminary hearings held prior to formal arraignment in Maryland

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Judges: Per Curiam

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