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Gideon v. Wainwright

Prentzas, G.S.McNeese, Tim(Consultant editor)
Part of the Great Supreme Court Decisions series
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Unable to pay for a lawyer, a man arrested for breaking and entering was forced to defend himself in court, resulting in a sentence of five years in prison.

Was this fair? That question took Gideon v. Wainwright all the way to the Supreme Court, where it was decided that state courts should be required to provide attorneys to defendants in criminal cases who cannot afford their own.

As stated by Justice Hugo Black, ""Lawyers in criminal courts are necessities, not luxuries."" ""Gideon v.

Wainwright"" is a vivid account that delves into the judicial process that went into this landmark case.

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Chelsea House Publishers
0791093832 / 9780791093832
Hardback
30/06/2007
United States
120 pages, illustrations
400 grams
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