United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez
2006 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez, 548 U.S. 140 (2006), is a United States Supreme Court ruling that the erroneous deprivation of a defendant's attorney of choice entitles him to a reversal of his conviction under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution.[1]
Quick Facts United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez, Argued April 18, 2006 Decided June 26, 2006 ...
United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez | |
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Argued April 18, 2006 Decided June 26, 2006 | |
Full case name | United States v. Cuauhtémoc Gonzalez-Lopez |
Docket no. | 05-352 |
Citations | 548 U.S. 140 (more) 126 S. Ct. 2557; 165 L. Ed. 2d 409; 2006 U.S. LEXIS 5165; 19 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 368 |
Case history | |
Prior | Application to admit attorney pro hac vice denied, (E.D.Mo. 2003); defendant convicted, (E.D.Mo. 2003); reversed, 399 F.3d 924 (8th Cir. 2005); petition for en banc hearing denied, 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 9208 (8th Cir. 2005); cert. granted, 126 S. Ct. 979 (2006) |
Holding | |
A trial court's erroneous deprivation of a criminal defendant's choice of counsel entitles him to reversal of his conviction. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Scalia, joined by Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
Dissent | Alito, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. VI |
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