Powell+v+Alabama

=__Powell V. Alabama:__=

October 10, 1932 - November 7, 1932
Nine young black men were accused of raping two white women. Alabama officials were fast to make the decision to sentence all nine men to death. The Alabama law required an appointment of counsel to the men, but the attorneys didn’t want to represent their clients and hardly wanted showed up to the tail to represent the men.

__**Case Basics**__
98
 * Docket No.**

Powell
 * Petitioner**

Alabama
 * Respondent**

Hughes Court (1932-1937)
 * Decided By**

287 U.S. 45 (1932)
 * Opinion**

Monday, October 10, 1932
 * Argued**

Monday, November 7, 1932
 * Decided**

__**Conclusion**__
The court held that the trail denied due process because the defendants weren’t given enough time to secure counsel in their defense. Justice George Sutherland didn’t rest the court holding on the right-to-counsel, guaranteed in the Sixth Amendment, he continuously repeated that guarantee.

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