Gideon and Argersinger extended the right to counsel to indigent felony and jail defendants.
Evidence
The Sixth Amendment and analogous state constitutional provisions guarantee defendants the right to counsel in criminal cases. As a result of the Supreme Court’s decision in Gideon v. Wainwright (see Chapter 2), states are required to furnish counsel to indigent defendants in felony cases. A later Supreme Court ruling, Argersinger v. Hamlin (1972), extended this right to counsel to all cases in which the defendant could be sentenced to jail or prison. … Before these initiatives, many indigent defendants had no legal representation, which was a severe disadvantage, so the requirement that counsel be provided to them revolutionized American criminal justice. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1650
Categorization
- XREF: Ties the equality/fairness value to concrete Sixth Amendment doctrine and named cases from Chapter 2. — connects to: Gideon and Argersinger extended counsel to nearly all criminal defendants — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1650; Gideon requires states to provide lawyers to indigent felony defendants — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law: An Introduction, 906; The Sixth Amendment guarantee of counsel extends to plea negotiations. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1817
Broader Connections
- Gideon and Argersinger extended counsel to nearly all criminal defendants
#expands(1.00) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1650 - Gideon requires states to provide lawyers to indigent felony defendants
#corroborates(1.00) — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law, 906 - The Sixth Amendment guarantee of counsel extends to plea negotiations.
#complicates(0.90) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1817