The states have to follow the precedent set in Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 US 335 (1963). The US Supreme Court used the Fourteenth Amendment due process clause to incorporate the Sixth Amendment right to counsel to the states. This reversed their earlier decision in Betts v Brady.
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Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963)
In Gideon v. Wainwright, the Supreme Court ruled that if a defendant cannot afford a lawyer, one must be provided to him or her regardless of the defendant's ability to pay or the importance of the charges.
Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 US 335 (1963)The case was originally called Gideon v. Cochran, but Louie L. Wainwright succeeded Cochran as Secretary to the Florida Department of Corrections before the case was heard in the US Supreme Court.
Gideon v. Wainwright
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Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 US 335 (1963)Justice Hugo Black delivered the opinion of the Court.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
Gideon V. Wainwright (A+, Civics)
The Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 US 335 (1963) ensured indigent criminal defendants had access to a court-appoint attorney.
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Read Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963).
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