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Gideon: then and now.(Gideon v. Wainwright)
Florida Bar Journal
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March 1, 2003|
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"The poor man charged with crime has no lobby. Ensuring fairness and equal treatment in criminal trials is the responsibility of us all."
Attorney General Robert Kennedy
In Panama City in 1961--for the burglary of 12 bottles of Coca Cola, 12 cans of beer, four fifths of whiskey, and about $65 in change from the cigarette machine and jukebox of the Bay Harbor Poolroom--Clarence Earl Gideon, a penniless drifter too poor to hire a lawyer, asked that the state appoint counsel for him. His request was denied. On March 18, 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to ...
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