Evitts v. Lucey
- Decided
- March 18, 1985
- Docket
- 83-1378
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
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What later courts said
- holding that the right to effective assistance of counsel includes the right to effective assistance of appellate counsel — Donavon Huff v. United States (2013)
- holding that because Kentucky allowed criminal appeals, it was required to administer them in a manner consistent with federal Due Process Clause — Hoover v. Johnson (1999)
- holding that criminal defendants are entitled to due process rights on appeal even though state need not provide appeal process — Leticia Talamantes-Penalver v. Immigration and Naturalization Service (1995)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
Justice Brennan delivered the opinion of the Court.
Douglas v. California, 372 U. S. 353 (1963), held that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees a criminal defendant the right to counsel on his first appeal as of right. In this case, [*389] we must decide whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees the criminal defendant the effective assistance of counsel on such an appeal.
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Evitts v. Lucey, 469 U.S. 387 (1985)Read the full opinion
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