Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 US 335 (1963) was a landmark US Supreme Court case regarding the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. After his request for counsel was denied, Gideon was convicted of a state felony. While in prison, he petitioned to the US Supreme Court to hear his case; this is the procedural history. The issue (the question before the Court) was whether the Sixth Amendment's right to counsel in criminal cases extended to felony defendants in state courts.
The holding in this case was, yes, the Sixth Amendment right to counsel applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment. (As a side note, this case was the turning point with the establishment of Public Defender Offices throughout the country)
These are the facts of the case: Clarence Gideon was charged with felony breaking and entering and appeared in a Florida Court. He requested counsel and was denied because Florida only provided indigent offenders counsel in capital cases. Gideon represented himself and was convicted. He was sentenced to five years in prison. The disposition of the case was that the Florida court's decision was reversed.
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