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Legal Citation: 440 U.S. 367 (1979)

Petitioner
Aubrey Scott

Respondent
State of Illinois

Petitioner's Claim
That the state of Illinois's failure to supply him with legal counsel for his trial on a shoplifting charge violated his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to due process of law.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
John S. Elson

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Gerri Papushkewych

Justices for the Court
Warren E. Burger, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist (writing for the Court), Potter Stewart, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, John Paul Stevens

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
5 March 1979

Decision
Upheld the decisions of the Illinois Intermediate Appellate Court and the Illinois...