Middendorf v. Henry 425 U.S. 25 (1976)

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MIDDENDORF v. HENRY 425 U.S. 25 (1976)

A 5–3 Supreme Court ruled that servicemen have no right to counsel in summary courts-martial. Justice william h. rehnquist's majority opinion concluded that such proceedings did not constitute criminal prosecutions within the Sixth Amendment's guarantee, and he also disposed of a Fifth Amendment due process claim as without merit.

David Gordon
(1986)

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Middendorf v. Henry 425 U.S. 25 (1976)

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