Qualified counsel can determine a criminal trial’s outcome regardless of guilt

Evidence

Having an attorney at trial made all the difference for Gideon; his lawyer deftly undermined the credibility of the prosecution’s eyewitness, and after an hour’s deliberation, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 215

Categorization

• DEFINE: Illustrates the real-world consequence of the right to counsel established in the case.
• XREF: connects to: Sympathetic testimony can win a case regardless of legal merit. — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action , 761; Where counsel quality is equal, the substance of law decides case outcomes. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2270; Juries may convict of lesser crimes than evidence warrants through sympathy — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 1741 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Where counsel quality is equal, the substance of law decides case outcomes. #contradicts (0.85) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2270
• Sympathetic testimony can win a case regardless of legal merit. #corroborates (0.82) — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 761
• Legal rules decide one-shotter cases because counsel quality is evenly matched #qualifies (0.78) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1118
• Juries may convict of lesser crimes than evidence warrants through sympathy #qualifies (0.72) — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 1741