Question

The Supreme Court ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright that people

Answer 1

The Supreme Court rupee that the constitution requires the states to provide defense attorneys to criminal defendants charged with serious offenses who cannot afford lawyers themselves

Answer 2

The Sixth Amendment right to counsel is a fundamental right applied to the states via the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution's due process clause, and requires that indigent criminal defendants be provided counsel at trial. Supreme Court of Florida reversed.