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Brewer v. Williams 430 U.S. 387 (1977) is a decision by the United States Supreme Court that clarifies what constitutes waiver of the right to counsel for the purposes of the Sixth Amendment. Under Miranda v. Arizona evidence obtained by police during interrogation of a suspect before he has been read his Miranda rights is inadmissible. Here however the defendant had been indicted in court and thus his Sixth Amendment right to counsel had automatically attached.