Gideon v. Wainwright
Significance, Court Unanimously Votes To Overturn Betts V. Brady, The Warren Court, Further Readings
Appellant
Clarence Earl Gideon
Appellee
Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections
Appellant's Claim
That the Sixth Amendment requires states to provide legal counsel for impoverished criminal defendants charged with serious offenses.
Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Abe Fortas
Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Bruce R. Jacob
Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black (writing for the Court), William J. Brennan, Jr., Tom C. Clark, William O. Douglas, Arthur Goldberg, John Marshall Harlan II, Potter Stewart, Earl Warren, Byron R. White
Justices Dissenting
None
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
18 March 1963
Decision
Declaring that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment makes the Sixth Amendment right to counsel binding on the states, the Supreme Court unanimously voted to order that Gideon be assigned a court-appointed lawyer and retried.
Related Cases
- Betts v. Brady, 316 U.S. 455 (1942).
- Argersinger v. Hamlin, 407 U.S. 25 (1972).
- Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984).
Sources
West's Encyclopedia of American Law, Volume 10. Minneapolis, MN: West Publishing, 1998.
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- Gideon v. Wainwright - The Warren Court
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