When a defendant is declared indigent, it means that the defendant doesn't have any assets with which to hire a lawyer or another form of legal representation and so the defendant is entitled to free legal representation.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 US 335 (1963)The U.S. Supreme Court took the first major step on the Sixth Amendment issue of right to counsel by holding that state courts must provide counsel to indigent defendants in criminal cases.
Gideon v. Wainright 372 U.S. 335 confirmed the right's of an indigent defendant in any criminal trial to have an attorney appointed to represent him. Prior to Gideon, attorneys were only appointed to indigent defendants charged with capital crimes.
In that sentence, indigent is a noun.
Indigent means poor or poverty stricken.
Indigent means "poor" So eg. the Indigent old lady was trying to get up the stairs.
The word 'indigent' is not a noun.The word 'indigent' is an adjective, a word used to describe a noun as poor, as without financial means.The noun form of the adjective 'indigent' is indigence.To describe a person as indigent is factual, not an insult.
When you're indigent, they must provide a lawyer for you.
The word "indigent" is an adjective.
The nonprofit organization provides resources and support for the indigent population in the community.
Indigent people often depend upon government aid.