Luis v. United States
2016 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Luis v. United States, 578 U.S. ___ (2016), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the pre-trial restraint of assets needed to retain a defendant's counsel of choice when those assets have not been used in conjunction with criminal activity.[1]
Quick Facts Luis v. United States, Argued November 10, 2015 Decided March 30, 2016 ...
Luis v. United States | |
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Argued November 10, 2015 Decided March 30, 2016 | |
Full case name | Sila Luis v. United States |
Docket no. | 14-419 |
Citations | 578 U.S. ___ (more) 136 S. Ct. 1083; 194 L. Ed. 2d 256 |
Case history | |
Prior | United States v. Luis, 966 F. Supp. 2d 1321 (S.D. Fla. 2013); affirmed, 564 F. App'x 493 (11th Cir. 2014); cert. granted, 135 S. Ct. 2798 (2015). |
Holding | |
Pre-trial restraint of untainted assets needed to retain a counsel of the defendant's choice violates the Sixth Amendment. The judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit vacated and remanded. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Plurality | Breyer, joined by Roberts, Ginsburg, Sotomayor |
Concurrence | Thomas (in judgment) |
Dissent | Kennedy, joined by Alito |
Dissent | Kagan |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. VI |
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