gideon vs wainwright
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- I just stole money from the vending machine and now I'm going to break into this bar!
- I have the right to a lawyer but cannot afford one so I will need one provided for me.
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- No! You don't have the right to a lawyer. You're going to jail
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- the oral argument is that this was a violation of Gideon's sixth amendment
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- The Florida state law states that an attorney may only be appointed to an indigent defendant in capital cases, so the trial court will not appoint one. you are going to jail!
- My sixth amendment says I have the right to a lawyer though!
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- Gideon then spent two years in prison and while he was there he wrote a letter to SCOTUS ask for a writ of certiorari until he was released
- January 15, 1963, the supreme court then issued a writ of certiorari.
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- Twenty-three state attorneys general joined an amicus brief on your side and we are vacating the charges. There was no dissenting opinion but there were concurring opinions from clark, Harlen, and Douglas
- I am free!
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