Court Conundrums
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Gideon's court case ended at this court known for being the highest court in the US.
What is the Supreme Court?
These two are names in the title of the court case we are discussing.
Who are Gideon and Wainwright?
This is the century in which this court case takes place.
What is the 20th Century?
This city is where the Supreme Court is located.
What is Washington DC?
This court is the one seen in the video whose chief Judge is the narrator (Christopher Patterson.)
What is the 14th Judicial Circuit?
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This man was claimed to have robbed the building he worked at, and was unable to afford counsel due to Florida state law. ________ ______ Is his first and last name.
Who is Clarence Gideon?
This number is the number of the article which was in question during Gideon´s trial at the Supreme Court.
What is six?
This court denied Gideon´s appeal.
What is the Florida Supreme Court?
Gideon appeared before this man to ask for counsel, and was promptly denied.
Who is Robert L. Mcrary?
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This date marks the day and year the Supreme Court sided with Gideon.
What is March 18th, 1983?
This number is the amount of years Gideon spent in prison.
What is five?
This court was the one in which Gideon was convicted of breaking and entering.
What is the Bay County Court?
This justice of the supreme court gave a summary on how Article 6 of the constitution protected Gideon's right to a fair trial.
Who is Justice Black?
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This is the number of Supreme Court justices that agreed on Gideon's behalf that he had a right to counsel by the sixth amendment.
What is nine?
What case did Judge Mcrary base his ruling on when denying Gideon counsel?
What is Vets vs. Brady?
This man was the eyewitness who claimed to have seen Clarence Gideon outside the building which was stolen from earlier that morning. He was later found to be the one guilty of the crime.
Who is Henry Cook?
This date marks the day and year that Gideon was arrested for breaking and entering.
What is June 3rd, 1961?
This number is how much money in USD at the time, Gideon stole when he broke in.
What is 65 USD?
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This man said, ¨Reason and reflection require us to recognize that in our Adversary system of criminal justice, any person hauled into court who is too poor to hire a lawyer cannot be assured a fair trial unless council is provided for him.¨
Who is Justice Black