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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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)
Gideon v. Wainwright was a civil liberties case. The Supreme Court ruled in this landmark case in 1963 that the Sixth Amendment's right to counsel applies to state criminal proceedings through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause. This decision significantly expanded the constitutional protections afforded to individuals accused of crimes, ensuring they have the right to legal representation regardless of their ability to pay.
Read Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963).
Gideon v Wainwright
The outcome of Gideon v. Wainwright was a unanimous Supreme Court vote. They voted in favor of upholding the Sixth Amendment in state courts that they must provide counsel for those in criminal trials that cannot get their own lawyers.