People ex rel. Rogers v. Stanley
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Order reversed and the matter remitted to the Supreme Court, Rockland County, for further proceedings in accordance with the following memorandum: In our view, the principle of Baxstrom v. Herold (383 U. S. 107); Gideon v. Wainwright (372 U. S. 335); Douglas v. California (372 U. S. 353); Lane v. Brown (372 U. S. 477); Griffin v. Illinois (351 U. S. 12), and of similar cases, demonstrates that an indigent mental patient, who is committed to an institution, is entitled, in a habeas corpus proceeding (brought to establish his sanity), to the assignment of counsel as a matter of constitutional right.
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217 N.E.2d 636, 17 N.Y.2d 256, 270 N.Y.S.2d 573, 1966 N.Y. LEXIS 1371, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/people-ex-rel-rogers-v-stanley-ny-1966.