United States v. Ash

United States v. Ash
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 21, 1973
Full case name	United States v. Ash
Citations	413 U.S. 300 ( more )
Holding
The Sixth Amendment does not grant a criminal defendant the right to have counsel present when the government uses a photo array to elicit an identification of the defendant from a witness.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William O. Douglas  · William J. Brennan Jr. Potter Stewart  · Byron White Thurgood Marshall  · Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell Jr.  · William Rehnquist
Case opinions
Majority	Blackmun
Concurrence	Stewart
Dissent	Brennan, joined by Douglas, Marshall
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. VI

United States v. Ash, 413 U.S. 300 (1973), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that the Sixth Amendment does not grant a criminal defendant the right to have counsel present when the government uses a photo array to elicit an identification of the defendant from a witness. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. United States v. Ash, 413 U.S. 300 (1973).
2. Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "Lineup". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 287.

External links

• Text of United States v. Ash, 413 U.S. 300(1973) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia