Dates/Times
How many years did Gideon serve?
What is 5 years?
What Constitutional Principles were involved in the Supreme Court case?
What are the 14th and 6th amendments?
How many Supreme Court Justices are there?
What is 9?
What year did the trial of Gideon v. Wainwright begin?
(STEAL: What was the exact date?)
What is 1963?
(Steal: What is January 15, 1963)
How did Gideon state that his arrest and conviction were unconstitutional?
What is he said that he was an American citizen, who was entitled to a fair trial with legal representation?
Who was the Chief Justice at the time of the case?
What is Justice Earl Warren?
What year did Clarence Earl Gideon get arrested?
(STEAL: What was he arrested for?)
What is 1961?
(STEAL: What is breaking and entering?)
How did the Sixth and Fourteenth amendments change after the Gideon v. Wainwright case?
What is states could no longer deny legal counsel to defendants under any circumstance.
Who was the opposing side of the trial?
(STEAL: What was the name of the exact person?)
What is the Florida Division of corrections?
(STEAL: What is Louie L. Wainwright?)
What year was the Sixth Amendment reconsidered to give the accused legal representation?
What is 1963?
What are the five clauses of the 6th amendment?
(Steal: Any team that can name more clauses than the original team can steal the points.)
What is the right to a public, speedy, and fair trial, the right to be tried by an impartial jury, the right to be informed of charges, the right to confront and call on witnesses, and the right to an attorney?
What is a Habaeus Corpus?
What is a petition filed when the accused feels that they have been charged unfairly and request to be seen by a judge or jury to plead their innocence?
What months did the trial last?
(STEAL: What were the exact dates?)
What is January to March?
(STEAL: What is January 15, 1963 to March 18, 1963?)
What is the relationship between the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments?
What is the Sixth Amendment states the rights of a defendant in the trial, such as the right to a speedy and public trial, while the Fourteenth amendment solidifies that these rights are provided to ALL citizens.
Who said, "“The right of one charged with [a] crime to counsel may not be deemed fundamental and essential to fair trials in some countries, but it is in ours.”
What is Justice Hugo Black?