Gideon requires states to provide lawyers to indigent felony defendants

Evidence

In Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), the Supreme Court took another bold step. In this case, out of Florida, the Court decided that a person accused of a felony has a right to a lawyer. If the defendant has no money to hire one, the state must provide one and pay the bill. This case, at least, did have an effect, if not on the system in general, then on thousands of lives and thousands of cases. — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law, 906

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Gideon and Argersinger extended counsel to nearly all criminal defendants — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1650

Broader Connections

• Gideon and Argersinger extended counsel to nearly all criminal defendants #expands (0.90) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1650