True or False?
Was the Gideon V. Wainwright Case unanimous?
What is True
What Was Gideons first name?
What is Clarence
What amendment was supposed to appoint him a lawyer?
What is the 6th amendment becuase it garuntees a lawyer if you cant afford one.
When was the Gideon V. Waingwright Case in Supreme court?
What is 1963
What is it called to have a offense punishable by death?
What is a capital offense
If you cannot afford a private lawyer, the court must appoint you one?
What is true
What was he charged with?
What is Breaking and Entering and stealing a lil bit.
What did the 14th amendment have to do with Gideon V. Wainwright?
What is to extend the constitutional right to an attorney in federal criminal cases for those who could not afford representation.
What year did Clarence Gideon Go to Jail?
What is 1961.
Why Couldn't he get a lawyer appointed for him under florida law?
What is because he did not commit a capital offense.
Did Clarence Earl Gideon Get his lawyer after the Suppreme Court Case?
What is True.
What Did he do?
What is Clarence Gideon broke into a bar and stole drinks and money
What does the 6th amendment entitle you to in court?
What is Rights to a fast and public trial by an impartial jury, to know the criminal charges, to have witnesses appear in the trial, and right to legal representation.
What Year was The 6th Amendment passed, that was supposed to give Earl Gideon a lawyer?
What is 1791, along with the rest of the first 10 amendents.
Can any state law be allowed in federal court?
Did the Supreme Court Case start while he was in Jail?
What is True?
What was he sentenced to?
What is 5 years in prison.
Did any amenment say that you needed to have committed a capital offense to get a lawyer?
What is No. Just Florida law
When was Clarence Gideon born?
What is August 30th.
What is a lawyer who is appointed to a defendant who can afford one called?
What is a public Defender.
Clarence Earl Gideon pleaded Guilty.
What is False!
What was the final case desicion in Gideon V. Wainwright?
What is in Clarence Earl Gideons favor, granting him the right to a lawyer.
Could the Florida law about capital offenses qualify to trump the amendent?
What is No.
What year was the 14th amendment passed, which gave defendants like Earl Gideon more rights in court?
What is 1868
Earl Gideon who didn have a very high education tried to reason that he was not smart enough to defend himself in court. What was the highest education he had?
What is An eighth grade education.