THE SIXTH AMENDMENT! In Powell v. Alabama, 287 U.S. 45 (1932),the Supreme Court ruled that "in a capital case, where the defendant is unable to employ counsel, and is incapable adequately of making...
Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 US 335 (1963) The U.S. Supreme Court took the first major step on the Sixth Amendment issue of right to counsel by holding that state courts must provide counsel to indigent...