Gideon V Wainwright
372 U.S. 335 · U.S. Supreme Court · Decided March 18, 1963
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1963U.S. Supreme Court
Gideon V Wainwright
372 U.S. 335
Summary
Held that states must provide counsel to criminal defendants who cannot afford an attorney, applying the Sixth Amendment to the states.