Gideon v. Wainwright (1963): Supreme Court ruling that the Sixth Amendment right to counsel applies to state courts through the Fourteenth Amendment.
How to apply it: Use Gideon to explain why states must provide attorneys to defendants who cannot afford one.
Course: AP Government · Unit: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
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