Adams v. Illinois

Adams v. Illinois
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 6, 1972
Full case nameAdams v. Illinois
Citations405 U.S. 278 (more)
Holding
The right to counsel in preliminary hearings announced by Coleman v. Alabama was not to be applied retroactively.
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

Adams v. Illinois, 405 U.S. 278 (1972), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the right to counsel in preliminary hearings announced by Coleman v. Alabama was not to be applied retroactively.[1] The retroactivity of criminal procedure decisions was controversial among members of Court at the time, but the Court announced a more concrete rule in Teague v. Lane.[2]

  1. ^ Adams v. Illinois, 405 U.S. 278 (1972)
  2. ^ Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "New Rule". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 318.