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In gideon v. wainwright (1963), the supreme court ruled that gideon had been denied his rights because he had hired an expensive lawyer he could not afford. not been provided an attorney when he could not afford one. paid bail he could not afford. been questioned without having his miranda warning read.

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Gideon had been denied his rights because he had not been provided an attorney when he could not afford one.
Clarence Gideon had been charged with a burglary in Florida, and the judge said he could not appoint an attorney for Mr. Gideon because the crime of which he was accused was not a capital offense. Gideon claimed he was entitled to be represented by counsel, but the judge did not agree. Gideon was convicted and went to state prison. From there, he appealed to the US Supreme Court in a suit against the Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections. (By the time the case came before the Supreme Court, that was Louie L. Wainwright, thus "Gideon v. Wainwright.")
The Supreme Court agreed with Mr. Gideon's claim, and since then, all persons, whether in state or federal court, are entitled to the right to counsel and an attorney is appointed if they cannot afford to hire their own.

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In Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), the Supreme Court ruled that Gideon had been denied his rights because he had not been provided an attorney when he could not afford one.

EXPLANATION

In Gideon v. Wainwright in 1963, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution required the state to provide lawyers as defenders for serious criminal offenses which could not afford to pay for lawyers themselves. The adoption of this ruling began in 1961 during the arrest of Clarence Earl Gideon. Gideon was punished as theft as he came in a billiard room and stole money from a vending machine from a billiard place in Panama City, Florida.

At the time of the trial, Gideon was unable to bring in a lawyer himself. He then asked a lawyer for the state to represent him. The judge stated that Florida law only provides lawyers for poor defendants who potentially receive the death penalty.

Finally, the judge decided to sentence Gideon to five years in prison. After that, Gideon voiced the habeas corpus petition - petition for the release of prison sentences - to the Florida Supreme Court. He claimed that the sentence he received was unfair and not in accordance with the constitution because he did not get a lawyer who could defend him in court. Yet, the Florida Supreme Court rejected his petition. Gideon then appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to review his case in 1963.

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•Which of the following was the question at the heart of the Gideon v. Wainwright case?

KEYWORD: Gideon v. Wainwright, gideon, law

Subject: History

Class: College

Subchapter: The Supreme Court

answered: Guest

it was the shinto. the answer is c.

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