<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wikisource has original text related to this article: Escobedo v. Illinois </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wikisource has original text related to this article: Escobedo v. Illinois </Td> </Tr> <P> Escobedo v. Illinois, 378 U.S. 478 (1964), was a United States Supreme Court case holding that criminal suspects have a right to counsel during police interrogations under the Sixth Amendment . The case was decided a year after the court held in Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963) that indigent criminal defendants had a right to be provided counsel at trial . </P> <P> Danny Escobedo's brother - in - law, Manuel Valtierra, was shot and killed on the night of January 19, 1960 . Escobedo was arrested without a warrant early the next morning and interrogated . However, Escobedo made no statement to the police and was released that afternoon . Subsequently, Benedict DiGerlando, who was in custody and considered another suspect, told the police that indeed Escobedo fired the fatal shots because the victim had mistreated Escobedo's sister . On January 30, again, the police arrested Escobedo and his sister, Grace . While transporting them to the police station, the police explained that DiGerlando had implicated Escobedo, and urged him and Grace to confess . Escobedo again declined . Escobedo asked to speak to his attorney, but the police refused, explaining that although he was not formally charged yet, he was in custody and could not leave . His attorney went to the police station and repeatedly asked to see his client, but was repeatedly refused access . Police and prosecutors proceeded to interrogate Escobedo for fourteen and a half hours and repeatedly refused his request to speak with his attorney . While being interrogated, Escobedo made statements indicating his knowledge of the crime . After conviction for murder, Escobedo appealed on the basis of being denied the right to counsel . </P>

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