https://padlet.com/jessicasosa2/o93f8w69o1a5zat Justice for everyone in the United States en-us 2022-12-20 18:54:33 UTC 2025-10-07 16:03:35 UTC hello@padlet.com jessicasosa2 https://padlet.com/jessicasosa2/o93f8w69o1a5zat/wish/2427638342  the right of a criminal defendant to have a lawyer assist in his defense, even if he cannot afford to pay for an attorney.]]> 2022-12-22 19:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicasosa2/o93f8w69o1a5zat/wish/2427638342 jessicasosa2 https://padlet.com/jessicasosa2/o93f8w69o1a5zat/wish/2433909285 who?The right to counsel refers to the right of a criminal defendant to have a lawyer assist in his defense, even if he cannot afford to pay for an attorney.
when ? If you are under investigation, under arrest, or facing charges, you have the right to rely on the advice of counsel and to have your attorney speak on your behalf.
where?Under Supreme Court case law,
why? defendants in criminal cases who cannot afford their own attorney would find it difficult, or even impossible, to exercise all those other fair trial rights the amendment recognizes.]]> 2023-01-04 18:42:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicasosa2/o93f8w69o1a5zat/wish/2433909285 jessicasosa2 https://padlet.com/jessicasosa2/o93f8w69o1a5zat/wish/2433918257 A case in which the Court held that the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee a right of legal counsel to anyone accused of a crime.(1963) overturns Betts v. Brady and affirms that a fair trial is not possible without counsel for the defendant. Douglas v. California (1963) holds that an indigent defendant has an absolute right to appointed counsel in appealing a State criminal conviction.]]> 2023-01-04 18:49:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicasosa2/o93f8w69o1a5zat/wish/2433918257 jessicasosa2 https://padlet.com/jessicasosa2/o93f8w69o1a5zat/wish/2433930739 In 1972, in Argersinger v. Hamlin, the Supreme Court further extended the right to legal counsel to include any defendant charged with a crime punishable by imprisonment. Gideon v. Wainwright was part of the Supreme Court's innovative approach to criminal justice in the 1950s and 1960s.]]> 2023-01-04 19:00:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicasosa2/o93f8w69o1a5zat/wish/2433930739 jessicasosa2 https://padlet.com/jessicasosa2/o93f8w69o1a5zat/wish/2433935971 The Sixth Amendment gives defendants the right to counsel in federal prosecutions. However, the right to counsel was not applied to state prosecutions for felony offenses until 1963 in Gideon v.]]> 2023-01-04 19:04:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicasosa2/o93f8w69o1a5zat/wish/2433935971