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Procedure: Lower Courts: Bay County Circuit Court, Fourteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida. Lower Court Ruling: The trial judge denied Gideon’s request for a court-appointed attorney because, under Florida law, counsel could only be appointed for a poor defendant charged with a capital offense.
Gideon v. Wainwright | Oyez. Gideon v. Wainwright. Media. Oral Argument - January 15, 1963 (Part 1) Oral Argument - January 15, 1963 (Part 2) Opinions. Syllabus. View Case. Petitioner. Clarence Earl Gideon. Respondent. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections. Location. Bay County Circuit Court. Docket no. 155. Decided by.
Mar 11, 2024 · Gideon v. Wainwright, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on March 18, 1963, ruled (9–0) that states are required to provide legal counsel to indigent defendants charged with a felony. The case centred on Clarence Earl Gideon, who had been charged with a felony for allegedly burglarizing a pool hall in Panama City, Florida, in June 1961.
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 to provide attorneys to criminal defendants who are unable to afford their own.
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- Black, joined by Warren, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, White, Goldberg
Mar 18, 2013 · Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963) Argued: January 15, 1963. Decided: March 18, 1963. Annotation. Primary Holding. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court established that the Fourteenth Amendment creates a right for criminal defendants who cannot pay for their own lawyers to have the state appoint attorneys on their behalf. Read More.
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) Google Classroom. Key points. In 1961, a Florida court refused to provide a public defender for Clarence Earl Gideon, who was accused of robbery. Gideon appealed his conviction to the US Supreme Court on the grounds that the Fourteenth Amendment incorporated the Sixth Amendment’s right to counsel to the states.
The Court took Gideon’s case and ruled in his favor—concluding that he did have a right to an attorney. The case was part of the Warren Court’s revolution in criminal procedure, whereby the Court systematically began to interpret constitutional provisions in cases such as Miranda and Mapp more favorably for criminal defendants.
