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Both cases resulted in expanded protections for people accused of crimes.
Gideon vs. Wainwright is a US Supreme Court Case from 1963. The vote was unanimous. This court case decided under the fourth amendment, state courts are required to provide an attorney in criminal cases when the defendant cannot afford one.
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Answer this question… Both cases resulted in expanded protections for people accused of crimes.
Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 US 335 (1963)The US Supreme Court held that indigent defendants in criminal cases have a Sixth Amendment right to court-appointed counsel. It pretty much was the cause of the establishment of the Public Defender system in American courts.For more information, see Related Links and Related Questions, below.
Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 US 335 (1963)The 6th amendment right to counsel. Through 14th due process, 6th amendment was applied to the states. Mr. Gideon was accused of stealing items from a pool hall, was arrested, and went to trial (as indigent-no money to hire an attorney). He asked for an attorney, the judge said no, citing earlier cases. Gideon was convicted and appealed. The Supreme Court said that if there is a chance you could go to jail, then you should be provided an attorney if you cannot afford one. Before an attorney was supplied only if it was a capital case.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
Clarence Gideon was accused of breaking into a pool hall in Florida . he asked for a lawyer , but Florida law at the time only provided for court appointed lawyers in capital / death penalty cases . Gideon lost the original case . but won his appeal to the supreme court , where the court ruled that the 6th amendment right to a lawyer applied to felony cases. if the defendant could not afford a lawyer, the state had to provide one .
Gideon v. Wainwright Prior to this case, many states only allowed the right to an attorney during felony cases, while those being charged with misdemeanors were left to fend for themselves. Gideon appealed his misdemeanor conviction and was retried with adequate legal representation.
Gideon v. Wainwright addressed the Sixth Amendment right to counsel, specifically in relation to indigent defendants.ExplanationBefore Gideon, the Court had decided on a case-by-case basis whether or not to provide a lawyer in representation, except in the case of capital offenses (per Betts v. Brady,(1942)).The unanimous decision in Gideon was that by choosing not to provide any such representation, the Court was effectively violating the Sixth Amendment right to counsel. He had therefore been unjustly convicted. Following this and because the requirement in the Constitution did not explicitly define whether it only applied to capital cases (as was the customarily-held opinion at the time), from that point onward counsel had to be provided for every indigent defendant accused of a felony.As a result of the Gideon decision, all state courts have a staff of attorneys known as public defenders who provide counsel for indigent defendants in criminal cases. In some parts of the country, trial court judges appoint private attorneys to represent poor defendants, and the government pays any fees. Some areas combine these two systems because they don't have enough staff to handle their caseload.Case Citation:Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 US 335 (1963)For more information, see Related Questions, below.
Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 US 335 (1963)Gideon v. Wainwright is a landmark US Supreme Court case that incorporated the Sixth Amendment right to counsel in criminal proceedings to the states via the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause. In this case, the Court ruled emphatically that indigent defendants were entitled to court-appointed lawyers at critical stages of prosecution, including arraignment and trial.An earlier case, Powell v. Alabama, 287 US 45 (1932) had already extended that right to state defendants in capital (death penalty) cases, but the Supreme Court later allowed the states to exercise case-by-case discretion with regard to providing attorneys for other serious criminal offenses in Betts v. Brady, 316 US 455 (1942).For more information, see Related Questions, below.
Saying Gideon v. Wainwright, (1963) guarantees the right to an attorney is an over-simplification and not quite an accurate statement.In Gideon, the Supreme Court said the states were required to provide court-appointed attorneys only to criminaldefendants who couldn't afford them if the charge carried the potential for a jail or prison sentence. People who commit criminal misdemeanors that don't involve the possibility of serving jail time aren't entitled to free defense.Prior to this decision, the states were only required to provide court-appointed counsel in cases involving the death penalty.Case Citation:Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 US 335 (1963)
All three cases dealt with a person's rights when arrested/on trial. Gideon dealt with the right of court-appointed representation, Escobedo, the right to counsel, and Miranda, right to remain silent when arrested.