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

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.

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 ...

The movie is directed by Dawn Porter. Its title comes from Gideon v. Wainwright, which required that indigent criminal defendants be offered counsel at trial. The film received the Ridenhour ...

Ford v. Wainwright, 477 U.S. 399 (1986), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the common law rule that the insane cannot be executed; therefore the petitioner is entitled to a competency ...

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referencing the U.S. Supreme Court decision, Gideon v. Wainwright, that determined the Constitution requires states to provide attorneys to those who cannot afford them in criminal proceedings. “No ...

The ongoing fraud case against Clark Clever Makoni and Beverly Aisha Ndonda Makoni took an unexpected turn yesterday when a key witness, George Mashonganyika, admitted he had no direct evidence of the ...

And if he cannot afford a lawyer, ruled the Supreme Court in Gideon v. Wain-bright (1963), one must be supplied by the court. Gideon clearly covers civilians, but what about U.S. servicemen?