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Supreme Court Case: Gideon Vs. Wainwright
The case Gideon V Wainwright all started when Clarence Earl Gideon was arrested for possibly stealing pocket change, bottles of coke, beer, and wine. When Gideon went to trial Gideon believed that an attorney should be appointed to him under the 6th amendment the right to counsel ;however, the state of Florida decided that was for federal cases only. After Gideon lost his trial against the state of Florida Gideon found a way to take it further and appealed to the Supreme Court. Once Gideon appealed the supreme court took it from there mainly Hugo Black a justice that firmly believes that everyone deserves an attorney according to the 6th and 14th amendments in which he lost earlier in his career betts v. brady. Once the case was finished being
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