pointer texas argued march decided april petitioner arrested brought state judge preliminary hearing robbery charge complaining witness testified petitioner counsel petitioner later indicated tried witness moved another state transcript testimony hearing introduced petitioner objections denied right confrontation convicted highest state affirmed held right granted accused sixth amendment confront witnesses includes right fundamental right essential fair trial made obligatory fourteenth amendment pp introduction transcript federal criminal case clear denial right confrontation since statement made without adequate opportunity right must determined standards state proceeding pp orville harlan appointment argued cause filed brief petitioner gilbert pena assistant attorney general texas argued cause respondent brief waggoner carr attorney general texas hawthorne phillips first assistant attorney general stanton stone executive assistant attorney general howard fender allo crow assistant attorneys general justice black delivered opinion sixth amendment provides part criminal prosecutions accused shall enjoy right confronted witnesses assistance counsel defence petitioner pointer one dillard arrested texas taken state judge preliminary hearing texas called examining trial charge robbed kenneth phillips assault violence putting fear life bodily injury violation texas penal code art hearing assistant district attorney conducted prosecution examined witnesses neither defendants laymen lawyer phillips chief witness state gave version alleged robbery detail identifying petitioner man robbed gunpoint apparently dillard tried phillips pointer although pointer said tried witnesses hearing petitioner subsequently indicted charge committed robbery time trial held phillips moved california putting evidence show phillips moved intend return texas state trial offered transcript phillips testimony given preliminary hearing evidence petitioner petitioner counsel immediately objected introduction transcript stating honor object denial confrontment witnesses defendant similar objections repeatedly made petitioner counsel overruled trial judge apparently part judge viewed petitioner present preliminary hearing therefore accorded opportunity cross examining witnesses texas criminal appeals highest state case taken affirmed petitioner conviction rejecting contention use transcript convict denied rights guaranteed sixth fourteenth amendments granted certiorari consider important constitutional question case involves find necessary decide one aspect question petitioner raises whether failure appoint counsel represent preliminary hearing unconstitutionally denied assistance counsel within meaning gideon wainwright supra making argument petitioner relies mainly white maryland reversed conviction based part upon evidence defendant pleaded guilty crime preliminary hearing without counsel since preliminary hearing hamilton alabama one pleas charge made held white hamilton preliminary proceeding nature critical stage prosecution defendant point entitled counsel state informs us texas preliminary hearing involved pleas guilty guilty accepted judge decides whether accused bound grand jury whether admitted bail significant differences procedures respective say white case necessarily controlling right counsel whether might circumstances making texas preliminary hearing critical defendant call appointment counsel stage need decide record question reserve case objections arguments trial well arguments criminal appeals us make clear petitioner objection based much fact lawyer phillips made statement preliminary hearing fact use transcript statement trial denied petitioner opportunity benefit counsel principal witness latter question decide sixth amendment part called bill rights gideon wainwright supra held sixth amendment right assistance counsel obligatory upon ground provision bill rights fundamental essential fair trial made obligatory upon fourteenth amendment last term malloy hogan holding fifth amendment guarantee made applicable fourteenth reiterated holding gideon sixth amendment guarantee fundamental right essential fair trial thus made obligatory fourteenth amendment see also murphy waterfront hold today sixth amendment right accused confront witnesses likewise fundamental right made obligatory fourteenth amendment seriously doubted late date right included right accused criminal case confront witnesses probably one certainly one experienced trial lawsuits deny value exposing falsehood bringing truth trial criminal case see wigmore evidence ed fact right appears sixth amendment bill rights reflects belief framers liberties safeguards confrontation fundamental right essential fair trial criminal prosecution moreover decisions courts throughout years constantly emphasized necessity protection defendants criminal cases kirby referred right confrontation ne fundamental guarantees life liberty right long deemed essential due protection life liberty guarded legislative judicial action provisions constitution constitutions composing union justice stone writing alford declared right one safeguards essential fair trial speaking confrontation said greene mcelroy ancient roots find expression sixth amendment provides criminal cases accused shall enjoy right confronted witnesses zealous protect rights erosion omitted person right reasonable notice charge opportunity heard defense right day basic system jurisprudence rights include minimum right examine witnesses offer testimony represented counsel omitted constitutional sense trial jury criminal case necessarily implies least evidence developed defendant shall come witness stand public courtroom full judicial protection defendant right confrontation counsel aware cases particularly west louisiana stated sixth amendment right confrontation apply trials state courts ground entire sixth amendment apply see also stein new york course since gideon wainwright supra longer broadly said sixth amendment apply state courts said malloy hogan supra hesitated past decisions according fourteenth amendment less central role preservation basic liberties contemplated framers added amendment constitutional scheme light gideon malloy cases cited opinions holding various provisions bill rights applicable virtue fourteenth amendment statements made west similar cases generally declaring sixth amendment apply longer regarded law hold petitioner entitled tried accordance protection confrontation guarantee sixth amendment guarantee like right compelled enforced fourteenth amendment according standards protect personal rights federal encroachment malloy hogan supra ii prior decisions sixth amendment guarantee confrontation unquestionably denied petitioner case pointed major reason underlying constitutional confrontation rule give defendant charged crime opportunity witnesses see dowdell motes kirby mattox cf hopt utah queen hepburn cranch recognized admissibility accused dying declarations mattox testimony deceased witness testified former trial mattox see also dowdell supra kirby supra nothing hold contrary case us quite different one phillips statement taken hearing petitioner represented counsel given complete adequate opportunity compare motes supra analogous situations might fall within scope constitutional rule requiring confrontation witnesses case us however present situation like mentioned others analogous transcript phillips statement offered petitioner trial taken time circumstances affording petitioner counsel adequate opportunity phillips introduction federal criminal case pointer amounted denial privilege confrontation guaranteed sixth amendment since hold right accused confronted witnesses must determined standards whether right denied federal state proceeding follows use transcript convict petitioner denied constitutional right conviction must reversed reversed remanded see state english cases collected wigmore evidence ed state constitutional statutory provisions similar sixth amendment collected wigmore supra justice harlan concurring result agree circumstances admission statement question deprived petitioner right confrontation assured fourteenth amendment subscribe however constitutional reasoning holds right confrontation guaranteed sixth amendment federal criminal trials carried state criminal cases fourteenth amendment another step onward march discredited incorporation doctrine see fairman fourteenth amendment incorporate bill rights original understanding stan rev frankfurter memorandum incorporation bill rights due process clause fourteenth amendment harv rev reason yet able fathom come sunlight recent years see mapp ohio ker california malloy hogan state judgment must reversed right confrontation implicit concept ordered liberty palko connecticut reflected due process clause fourteenth amendment independently sixth either constitutional approaches brings one end result particular case basic difference two kind future constitutional development portend concept fourteenth amendment due process embodied palko host thoughtful past decisions rapidly falling discard recognizes constitution tolerates indeed encourages differences methods used effectuate legitimate federal state concerns subject requirements fundamental fairness implicit concept ordered liberty philosophy incorporation hand subordinates state differences particular requirements federal bill rights see ker california supra increasingly subjects state legal processes enveloping federal judicial authority selective incorporation absorption amounts little diluted form full incorporation theory whereas rejects full incorporation recognition guarantees bill rights deemed fundamental time ignores possibility phases given guaranty described bill rights necessarily fundamental often forgotten times american federal system constitutionally ordained embodies values profoundly making lasting liberties country legitimate requirements demand continuing solid recognition phases work incorporation doctrines whether full blown selective historically constitutionally unsound incompatible maintenance federal system even course justice stewart concurring result join judgment reversing conviction reason petitioner denied opportunity counsel chief witness prosecution join pronouncement makes sixth amendment right accused confront witnesses obligatory questionable tour de force seems entirely unnecessary decision case think directly controlled fourteenth amendment guarantee state shall deprive person life liberty property without due process law right defense counsel criminal case prosecutor living witnesses ne fundamental guarantees life liberty one safeguards essential fair trial think indispensable ingredient right tried courtroom presided judge indeed said term turner louisiana right completely denied therefore correctly points need consider case presented phillips statement taken hearing petitioner counsel given full opportunity see west louisiana footnotes alford rideau louisiana see also murchison said due process requires minimum accused given public trial reasonable notice charges right examine witness call witnesses behalf represented counsel justice goldberg concurring agree holding sixth amendment right accused confront witnesses fundamental right made obligatory fourteenth amendment ante therefore join opinion judgment brother harlan agreeing result reached deplores reasoning another step onward march discredited incorporation doctrine ante since incorporation issue joined see adamson california deem appropriate set forth briefly view subject need recapitulate arguments incorporation whether total selective set forth adequately elsewhere brother black view incorporation never commanded majority though adamson assented four justices decisions followed course whereby certain guarantees taken earlier articles federal bill rights brought within fourteenth amendment palko connecticut process might aptly described process absorption ibid see cohen hurley dissenting opinion justice brennan brennan bill rights rev thus held fourteenth amendment guarantees infringement liberties first amendment fourth amendment compensation clause fifth amendment fifth amendment privilege eighth amendment prohibition cruel unusual punishments sixth amendment guarantee assistance counsel accused criminal prosecution deference brother harlan agree process come sunlight recent years ante rather believe origins least far back twining new jersey stated possible personal rights safeguarded first eight amendments national action may also safeguarded state action denial denial due process law chicago burlington quincy railroad chicago passage authority cited make clear protected fourteenth amendment rights apply every case solely cases seems fair majority afford protection later cases reaffirm process absorption one extending rights see ker california malloy hogan cases cited justice brennan dissenting opinion cohen hurley supra agree decisions apparent votes gideon wainwright malloy hogan supra murphy waterfront concurring opinion new york times sullivan subscribe process fundamental guarantees bill rights absorbed fourteenth amendment thereby applied furthermore agree brother harlan provision bill rights held applicable fourteenth amendment apply full strength view fourteenth amendment apply subjective version individual guarantees bill rights malloy hogan supra allow greater latitude federal government abridge concededly fundamental liberties protected constitution quite agree justice brandeis one happy incidents federal system state may serve laboratory try novel social economic experiments new state ice liebmann dissenting opinion believe includes power experiment fundamental liberties citizens safeguarded bill rights brother harlan view also require make extremely subjective excessively discretionary determination whether practice forbidden federal government fundamental constitutional guarantee viewed factual circumstances surrounding individual case sufficiently repugnant notion due process forbidden finally see brother harlan view legitimate interests federalism require intervene state judicial process considerable lack predictability consequent likelihood considerable friction well illustrated difficulties faced articulated state courts attempting apply discarded rule betts brady see green bill rights fourteenth amendment rev difficulties led attorneys general urge overrule betts brady apply fully sixth amendment guarantee right counsel fourteenth amendment see gideon wainwright supra deny power impair fundamental constitutional right increase federal power rather limit power federal state governments favor safeguarding fundamental rights liberties individual view promotes rather undermines basic policy avoiding excess concentration power government federal state underlines concepts federalism adhere support process absorption means holds certain fundamental guarantees bill rights made obligatory fourteenth amendment although case illustrates differences among members theory fourteenth amendment protects fundamental liberties individual citizens noteworthy large area agreement cases certain basic rights fundamental denied individual either state federal governments constitution see cantwell connecticut naacp alabama ex rel patterson gideon wainwright supra new york times sullivan supra turner louisiana see adamson california supra concurring opinion justice frankfurter dissenting opinion justice black malloy hogan dissenting opinion justice harlan gideon wainwright concurring opinion justice douglas concurring opinion justice harlan poe ullman dissenting opinion justice douglas frankfurter memorandum incorporation bill rights due process clause fourteenth amendment harv rev black bill rights rev brennan bill rights rev fairman fourteenth amendment incorporate bill rights original understanding stan rev green bill rights fourteenth amendment rev henkin selective incorporation fourteenth amendment yale see gitlow new york de jonge oregon cantwell connecticut louisiana ex rel gremillion naacp new york times sullivan see wolf colorado mapp ohio chicago chicago malloy hogan robinson california gideon wainwright