This year marks six decades since the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright, a decision that forever altered the landscape of the American system of justice. The promise of Gideon ...

The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Tuesday it will determine whether an alleged violation of a man's constitutional ...

The full text of this article can be found in PDF form here. The title of this article is likely understood as a reference to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Gideon v. Wainwright, decided more ...

The Sixth Amendment guarantees criminal defendants the right to counsel under the landmark 1963 Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright. It is as much a "gift" as the First Amendment right to ...

Read through old Supreme Court decisions ... the majority opinion in the landmark 1963 decision in Gideon v. Wainwright, ...

Indigent criminal representation arose from the 1963 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright establishing the right ...

Iowa has one of the most aggressive court systems in the country when it comes to billing defendants for court-appointed attorneys, even in cases where they're acquitted or charges are dropped.