# Smith v. Crouse

> Supreme Court of the United States · June 22, 1964 · 378 U.S. 584

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8950015

## Case

- **Full name:** SMITH v. CROUSE, WARDEN
- **Court:** Supreme Court of the United States
- **Decided:** June 22, 1964
- **Citations:** 378 U.S. 584; 12 L. Ed. 2d 1039; 84 S. Ct. 1929; 1964 U.S. LEXIS 873
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Harlan
- **Cited by:** 56 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8950015

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that counsel must be appointed to indigents for purposes of appeal as announced in Douglas v. California, 372 U.S. 353, 83 S.Ct. 814, 9 L.Ed.2d 811 to be retroactive

## Opinion text

Per Curiam.
The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for writ of certiorari are granted. The judgment is reversed. Douglas v. California, 372 U. S. 353 .

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