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).

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 …

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 …

Gideon v. Wainwright, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states must provide legal counsel to indigent defendants charged with a felony.

2013年3月18日 · 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 …

While in prison, Gideon became a “jailhouse” lawyer—studying the Constitution, building his case, and eventually petitioning the Supreme Court to take it up. The Court took Gideon’s case and …

2024年8月15日 · In Gideon v. Wainwright, the Supreme Court addressed whether the constitutional right to counsel applies to criminal matters in state court. This landmark 1963 …

Gideon v Wainwright, is a U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court used the Due Process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to extend the constitutional right to an attorney in federal …

Clarence Earl GIDEON, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections. No. 155. Argued Jan. 15, 1963. Decided March 18, 1963.

Mr. Gideon was accused of a 1961 burglary at the Bay Harbor Pool Room near Panama City, Florida. Unable to afford a lawyer, Gideon was forced to represent himself in the Bay County …