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Federal judges and public defense attorneys discuss the significance of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel and the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Gideon v. Wainwright (1963).
Brief Fact Summary. Gideon was charged with a felony in Florida state court. He appeared before the state Court, informing the Court he was indigent and requested that the Court appoint him an attorney.
Gideon represented himself in trial. He was found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison. Gideon filed a habeas corpus petition in the Florida Supreme Court, arguing that the trial court's decision violated his constitutional right to be represented by counsel.
Gideon v. Wainwright is a landmark case that identified the Sixth Amendment right to counsel as a fundamental right that is incorporated to the states through the 14th Amendment. Prior to this decision, many states only required counsel to be appointed in capital cases.
Gideon v. Wainwright. 372 U.S. 335 (1963) Quick Summary. Clarence Earl Gideon (defendant) faced felony charges without legal representation and was convicted. He challenged this on constitutional grounds.
Gideon v. Wainwright, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on March 18, 1963, ruled (9–0) that states are required to provide legal counsel to indigent defendants charged with a felony. The case centred on Clarence Earl Gideon, who had been charged with a felony for allegedly burglarizing a pool hall in Panama City, Florida, in June 1961.
Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires U.S. states to provide attorneys to criminal defendants who are unable to afford their own.
Gideon v. Wainwright: In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court established that the Fourteenth Amendment creates a right for criminal defendants who cannot pay for their own lawyers to have the state appoint attorneys on their behalf.
Summary. In Johnson v. Zerbst (1938), the Supreme Court held that the Sixth Amendment’s right to assistance of counsel required the federal government to appoint counsel to an indigent defendant who could not afford one. In Gideon, a much more famous case, the Supreme Court “incorporated” this right against the state government.
Federal judges and public defense attorneys discuss the significance of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel and the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Gideon v. Wainwright (1963).