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Gideon Vs. Wainwright
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United States Supreme Court cases are argued and decided on Constitutional grounds. All arguments and decisions are based on interpretations of the original Constitution and, more often, on Constitutional amendments.
In June 1961, Clarence Gideon was arrested and charged with breaking and entering ....
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.... and requested both sides to discuss in their briefs and oral arguments. Should this Court’s holding in Betts v. Brady be reconsidered?”
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The Supreme Court first dealt with the issue in 1932, in the Scottsboro Case, POWELL v. ALABAMA. DUE PROCESS OF LAW required al least a “hearing,” Justice GEORGE H. SUTHERLAND said, and the presence of the counsel was “fundamental” to a meaningful hearing.
However, Sutherland said that the Court was not deciding whether poor defendants had a right .... |
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