Can a defendant be denied the right to counsel?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from G. v. G., 345 N.Y.S.2d 361, 74 Misc.2d 516 (N.Y. City Ct. 1973):
Powell v. Alabama, 287 U.S. 45, 53 S.Ct. 55, 77 L.Ed. 158, reversed a conviction for rape, a capital offense, because the defendant therein had been denied the right to counsel.
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