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> Belts v. Brady (1942) said that "shocking" circumstances would require court-appointed lawyers for indigents in noncapital cases. But the court ruled that Smith Betts, a jobless Maryland farm hand, did not meet the test and upheld his eight-year rap for robbery.
> Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) overruled Betts and fully extended the right to counsel in all felony trials. A rare winner, Florida Indigent Clarence Gideon was later retried and found innocent of attempted burglary.
Sir: You ignored the poetic justice rendered to Justices Black and Douglas when you cited the Betts and Gideon cases in your new Law section [Oct. 18]. These justices dissented in Betts in 1942 and were vindicated in Gideon in 1963.
Heavier Sentence. In his case, the Supreme Court confronted a familiar, vexing question that had concerned it many times. To what extent are the guarantees of the Constitution's Bill of Rights made obligatory upon the states by the "due process" clause of the 14th Amendment, which says that...
Out of this liturgical movement has come a demand for the altar-centered church. In 1942 Roman Catholic St. Mark's in Burlington, Vt. experimented with placing the sanctuary with altar at the crossing of nave and transepts, thus making it visible from three sides. In 1948 the Episcopalians...