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Wnet: Thirteen: Supreme Court: Expanding Our Civil Rights: Gideon v. Wainwright

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This is a synopsis of the landmark Supreme Court case of Gideon v. Wainwright, which ruled that states must provide defense attorneys to any indigent criminal defendant charged with a felony. The decision was written by Justice Hugo Black.

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