Gideon v Wainwright 1963 Presented By D asha
Gideon v Wainwright (1963) Presented By: D asha wn Cur ri ngto n & Adam Walker
Essential Question • Does the 6 th amendment right to counsel in criminal cases extend to felony defendents in state courts?
Background Information • Clarence Gideon was charged in a Florida Court for breaking into a pool room. He requested a lawyer but did not recieve one. • Louie L. Wainwright was the respondant in the state court. • Gideon was sent to jail for 5 years. He sent a petition to the Supreme Court saying the it violated his consitutional right to an attorney. Clarence Earl Gideon Louie L. Wainwright
What Constitutional Principle (s) Are Related to the Case? 6 T H AMENDMENT • The right to an attorney, right to a speedy and public trail by fair jury.
How did the Court answer the Essential Question? What was their decision? • Justice Hugo L. Black was the Chief Justice who sided with Gideon to form a 9 -0 majority vote for his right to an Attorney. The consititution guarantees the right to counsel as a protection of Due Process. Votes for Gideo: 9 Votes for Wainwright: 0
WHAT WAS THE IMPACT? • Criminals who were too poor to afford an attorney could be appointed one by the state courts.
Why Was This Case Considered a Landmark? • If this case didn’t happen, people who were too poor and prosecuted for an act against the constitution would not be able to have a lawyer to defend them in court. The Actual landmark of Gideon V Wainwright
Bibliography • https: //www. oyez. org/cases/1962/155 • http: //landmarkcases. org/en/landmark/cases/gideon_v_wainwright • http: //www. uscourts. gov/about-federal-courts/educationalresources/educational-activities/sixth-amendment-activities • https: //www. crimemuseum. org/crime-library/criminal-law/gideon-vwainwright/ • http: //www. standard. net/courts • http: //law. jrank. org/pages/3097/Clarence-Earl-Gideon-Trials-19611963. html • http: //www. dc. state. fl. us/oth/timeline/1962. html
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