Herring v. New York, 422 U.S. 853 (1975)
U.S. Supreme Court
Herring v. New York, 422 U.S. 853 (1975)
Herring v. New York
No. 73-6587
Argued February 26, 1975
Decided June 30, 1975
422 U.S. 853
Syllabus
A total denial of the opportunity for final summation in a nonjury criminal trial as well as in a jury trial deprives the accused of the basic right to make his defense, and a New York statute granting every judge in a nonjury criminal trial the power to deny such summation before rendition of judgment denies the accused the assistance of counsel guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution as applied against the States by the Fourteenth. Pp. 422 U. S. 856-865.
43 App.Div.2d 816, 351 N.Y.S.2d 368, vacated and remanded.
STEWART, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which DOUGLAS, BRENNAN, WHITE, MARSHALL, and POWELL, JJ., joined. REHNQUIST, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which BURGER, C.J., and BLACKMUN, JJ., joined. post, p. 422 U. S. 865.