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Wainwright Flashcards | Quizlet. Gideon v. Wainwright. Gideon. Click the card to flip 👆. • Charged with the felony of breaking and entering, with the intent to commit the misdemeanor of stealing. • Under Florida state law. Click the card to flip 👆. 1 / 16.
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Facts. -In 1961, someone burglarized the Bay Harbor Pool Room in Panama City, Florida. -based partly on eyewitness reports, police arrested Clarence Earl Gideon after he was found nearby with a pint of wine and some change in his pockets. -Gideon, who could not afford a lawyer, asked theFlorida court to appoint one for him.
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Politics of the United States. Question. In 1963 1963, a case called Gideon v. Wainwright came before the U.S. Supreme Court. In this case, a Florida man named Clarence Gideon was charged with unlawful breaking into and entering a poolroom. Gideon asked the trial court to provide him with a free lawyer because he was too poor to hire one himself.
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