Criminal Procedure Spring 2023

Resource 16 . 1 . 1

15 minutes

Gideon v. Wainwright

C.E. Field

Classic case holding that the 6th Amendment right to Counsel applies to the states.

Indigent defendants must be provided counsel at the State's expense.

Supreme Court of the United States

372 U.S. 335, 9 L. Ed. 2d 799, 83 S. Ct. 792, SCDB 1962-058, 1963 U.S. LEXIS 1942

No. 155

1963-03-18

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