Gilbert v. California

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Gilbert v. California is a 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held a defendant’s post-indictment lineup identification without counsel present violates the Sixth Amendment right to counsel.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sixth Amendment case
United States Supreme Court case
criminal procedure case
appliesTo post-indictment lineups
areaOfLaw constitutional law
criminal law
criminal procedure
argued 1967-03-13
1967-03-14
citation 388 U.S. 263
clarifiedDoctrine scope of Sixth Amendment right to counsel
constitutionalProvision Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
court Supreme Court of the United States
courtTerm October Term 1966
decidedWith United States v. Wade NERFINISHED
decisionDate 1967-06-12
defendant Gilbert NERFINISHED
dissentingOpinionBy Justice Hugo L. Black NERFINISHED
Justice John M. Harlan II NERFINISHED
Justice Potter Stewart NERFINISHED
fullCaseName Gilbert v. California NERFINISHED
holding A post-indictment pretrial lineup is a critical stage of the prosecution at which the accused is entitled to the assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment.
Admission of testimony about an out-of-court lineup identification conducted without counsel present violates the defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel.
In-court identifications following an unconstitutional lineup must be excluded unless the prosecution shows by clear and convincing evidence that the in-court identification has an independent source.
joinedByInMajority Chief Justice Earl Warren NERFINISHED
Justice Abe Fortas NERFINISHED
Justice Thurgood Marshall NERFINISHED
Justice William J. Brennan Jr. NERFINISHED
Justice William O. Douglas NERFINISHED
jurisdiction federal
languageOfDecision English
legalIssue right to counsel at post-indictment lineup
majorityOpinionBy Justice Byron White NERFINISHED
page 263
precedentFor right to counsel in identification procedures
relatedCase Stovall v. Denno NERFINISHED
United States v. Wade NERFINISHED
reporter United States Reports
result conviction partially reversed and remanded
stateParty California NERFINISHED
volume 388
yearDecided 1967

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