In Gideon v. Wainwright, the original jurisdiction was held by the Florida Supreme Court. The case arose when Clarence Earl Gideon was charged with a felony in a Florida state court and requested a court-appointed attorney, which was denied based on state law at the time. Gideon appealed his conviction to the Florida Supreme Court, which upheld the lower court's decision, leading him to ultimately seek relief from the U.S. Supreme Court. The U.S. Supreme Court later ruled that the right to counsel is a fundamental right applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.
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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, 372 US 335 (1963)Clarence Earl Gideon, a habitual petty criminal, was the petitioner/plaintiff; Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary to the Florida Department of Corrections, was the respondent/defendant. Wainwright's predecessor, H. G. Cochran, Jr., was the original respondent, but vacated office before the case reached the US Supreme 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.
Read Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963).
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