Gideon was represented by a local attorney, Fred W. Turner, at his second trial, State of Florida v. Clarence Earl Gideon. He was acquitted after a brief jury deliberation.
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Gideon was acquitted at his second trial.
In Gideon v Wainwright, 372 US 335 (1963), the US Supreme Court vacated the judgment in Clarence Earl Gideon's original trial and remanded he case for a new trial. Gideon was represented by attorney W. Fred Turner at his second trial, State of Florida v. Clarence Earl Gideon, and was acquitted after a brief jury deliberation.