Gideon+vs.+Wainwright


 * Name: DYLAN STOUT!!!**

**//What amendment did this case deal with and what does it say?//** In Gideon v. Wainwright the case has to do with the Sixth Amendment. The Sixth Amendment requires states to provide defense attorneys to any indigent criminal defendant charged with a felony. The court didn’t approve of the Sixth Amendment and didn’t give Gideon an attorney.

**//What is the background of the case? Summarize what happened!//**


 * Gideon was charged with a felony for breaking and entering. He didn’t have money and couldn’t hire a lawyer to prepare his defense. When he asked the court to get an attorney for him, the court refused, saying that it was only okay to appoint counsel to indigent defendants in capital cases. Gideon defended himself in the trial. **

**//What was the final decision of the Supreme Court and why did they decide this?//**

This case mostly dealt with the fourteenth amendment. The fourteenth amendment clearly states that you must be treated fairly. Meaning that if you are poor and cannot afford to get a lawyer, if you ask the court to appoint a council for you, they must do so. This is very alike to the fifth amendment, the only difference in what it is saying, is that not only the United States citizens can have these rights, people with a greencard can have these rights also. A man walked into a poolroom with intentions of doing something bad, and was charged with a felony. He appeared in court without funds, and he asked the court to appoint a council for him. The court said that they couldn’t. He defended himself as good as he could, and the verdict of the case was guilty, and was sentenced to serve five years in jail. He appealed to a supreme court, and the charges were reversed because it was an unfair trial. The supreme courts final decision was the reverse the charges, because he had an unfair trial. He should have had a council appointed to him. It violated the fourteenth amendment.
 * It turned out that Gideon was convicted by a jury and then the court decided that he should be sentenced for five years in a state prison. Gideon defended himself in court and he lost the battle. Gideon got sentenced to five years in state prison. This court case dealt with the Sixth Amendment. **
 * //Alyssa Rockwell //**
 * //Gideon V. Wainwright //**
 * //November 8, 2011 //**
 * 1) What amendment did this case deal with, and what does it say?
 * 1) What is the background of this case? Summarize what happened !!
 * 1) What was the final decision of the supreme court, and why did they decide this ?

=**Gideon vs. Wainwright**=

**by Trevor Passetti**‍‍
‍‍The Gideon vs. Wainwright case started in 1961 when Clarence Gideon was arested for breaking and entering into a pool hall in Florida City. When he was on trial he ask the judge for a lawyer on the grounds that he coudn't afford one. The judge refused because of the Florida state laws that state that the court only has to give individuals on trial an attorney if they may be scentenced to death if proven guilty.

He was sentenced to five years in prison by the judge. He filed a petition for release for unjust imprisonment. The Florida Supreme Court denied his petition. He appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court wich reviewed his case in 1963. The U.S. Supreme Court decided that Gideon's conviction was unconstitutional because the 6th amendment gives everyone the right to a fair trial wich includes the right to a defense attorney while they are on trial.

Brandon Gow Gideon vs. Wainwright

Gideon was charged for breaking and entering. He didn’t have the money for a lawyer and under the 5th amendment you have the right to an attorney if you can’t afford an attorney the court will issue one. What happed is the court issued nothing to the man and he lost his court case. He broke into a place and when he got arrested they read him his Miranda rights and when he got to court they did not give him an attorney. Since they didn’t gave him an attorney he lost his court case. That shouldn’t happen. If I were him would ask for a new court case. They broke the 14th amendment and the 5th amendment. The 14th amendment saying the country can’t abridge the rights and privileges of a person. The 5th amendment says they must issue a layer. This is the Gideon vs. wainwright case and how they did not issue him a layer.