Powell v. Alabama
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In Powell v. Alabama, 287 U.S. 45, 53 (1932), the Supreme Court upheld the right for a defendant to select the counsel of his choice:
- "It is hardly necessary to say that, the right to counsel being conceded, a defendant should be afforded a fair opportunity to secure counsel of his own choice."