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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.
Notably, the landmark Gideon case only gives an indigent criminal defendant a right to be represented at trial and upon the first appeal of right. But the Supreme Court has held that there is no right to representation for discretionary appeals [ 34 ] or post-conviction collateral attacks like habeas corpus and coram nobis . [ 35 ]
Wainwright that the state had to provide defense counsel in criminal cases at no cost to the indigent, Florida retried Gideon. At his second trial, which took place in August 1963, with a court-appointed lawyer representing him and bringing out for the jury the weaknesses in the prosecution's case, Gideon was acquitted.
Finally, Gov. Janet Mills weighed in, saying, “Based on the facts of the case and my experience as a former defense attorney, district attorney, and attorney general, I strongly disagree with ...
5.1.3 Certain expenses for indigent defendants. ... 5.1.6 Right to present a defense. ... Such cases have come to comprise a substantial portion of the Supreme Court ...
Ruling Thursday in a case filed this year by the Federal Public Defender's Office, U.S. District Judge Michael McShane said indigent defendants are essentially being locked up and deprived of a ...
Glasser v. United States, 315 U.S. 60 (1942) A defense lawyer's conflict of interest arising from a simultaneous representation of codefendants violates the Assistance of Counsel Clause of the Sixth Amendment. Betts v. Brady, 316 U.S. 455 (1942) Indigent defendants may be denied counsel when prosecuted by a state. (Overruled by Gideon v ...
The lawyers hope to get relief for thousands of indigent defendants in ... cases are pending for any indigent defendants in the state who waited more than 14 days for an attorney beginning on or ...