02/14/2008
Supreme Court Holds That Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel May Be Satisfied When Lawyer Participates Via Speakerphone
Wright v. Van Patten, 128 S.Ct. 743 (2008)

Brief Summary

The United States Supreme Court held that a Wisconsin state court holding that lawyer participation in a plea hearing via speakerphone satisfied the Sixth Amendment right to counsel was not an unreasonable application of federal law and that habeas corpus relief therefore had to be denied.
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