''Hamilton v. Alabama'', 368 U.S. 52 (1961), was a case heard by the Supreme Court of the United States. Hamilton was charged in an

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court with

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a dwelling at night with

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to ravish, and had pleaded not guilty. He had then been

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and

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. The Court ruled unanimously that the absence of counsel at the time of his arraignment violated Hamilton's due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment.

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