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CARTER v. ILLINOIS

No. 36.

329 U.S. 173 (1946)

67 S.Ct. 216

91 L.Ed. 172

CARTER v. ILLINOIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 9, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Mitchell argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

William C. Wines, Assistant Attorney General of Illinois, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was George F. Barrett, Attorney General.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1928 petitioner pleaded guilty to an indictment for murder and was sentenced to imprisonment for 99 years. In 1945 he brought a petition for his release on writ of error in the Supreme Court of Illinois claiming that the conviction on which his confinement was based was vitiated by the denial of his right under the Fourteenth Amendment to the assistance of counsel. The Supreme Court of Illinois affirmed...

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