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Legal Citation: 475 U.S. 157 (1984)

Petitioner
Crispus Nix, Warden

Respondent
Emanuel Charles Whiteside

Petitioner's Claim
That even though Emanuel Whiteside's attorney dissuaded him from giving false testimony and warned him that he would withdraw if Whiteside insisted on perjuring, White-side nonetheless received a fair trial and effective legal representation, suffering no violation of his the Sixth Amendment right to counsel.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Brent R. Appel

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Patrick Reilly Grady

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Warren E. Burger (writing for the Court), Thurgood Marshall, Sandra Day O'Connor, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White.

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington,...