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Gideon Vs Wainwright
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The framers formed this country with one sole document, the
Constitution, which they wrote with great wisdom and foresight. This
bountiful wisdom arose from the unjust treatment of King George to which
the colonists were subject. Among these violations of the colonists' rights
were inequitable tria ....
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....ensive counsel on the accused even if he or she lacks
the funds to do so?
Also, do the states have the right to make their own legislation
regarding the right of the indigent accused to have counsel appointed to
them in the state trials, or does the Fourteenth Amendment prevent this?
The Supreme Court was faced with answering these questions in the case of
Gideon v. Wainwright.
In June of 1961, Clarence Earl Gideon, a fifty year old petty thief,
drifter, and gambler who had spent much of his l.... |
| Number of words: 1973 |
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