Alabama V Shelton

Alabama V Shelton

According to Justice Ginsburg, this case anxieties the Sixth Amendment right of an indigent defendant ascribed with a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment, fine, or both, to the aid of court-appointed counsel. Two former conclusions command the Court's judgment. First, in Argersinger v. Hamlin, 407 U.S. 25 (1972), this Court held that protecting against counsel should be nominated in any lawless individual prosecution, “whether classified as petty, misdemeanor, or felony,” id., at 37, “that really directs to imprisonment even for a short period,” id., at 33. Later, in Scott v. Illinois, 440 U.S. 367, 373—374 (1979), the Court ...