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This 3-page paper discusses the U.S. Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright, and the legal right to counsel, even if you're poor. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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to provide legal counsel for defendants in criminal cases who cant afford their own lawyers. The three parts to this paper involve the handling of the case through the book
Gideons Trumpet; why the case was a landmark one as it pertains to the Supreme Court and a comparison of the roles of federal and state court systems. Gideons Trumpet
and the Case Though all comments about how books (or movies) handle a particular historical situation can be very subjective, well provide
an example of how the student can write about the handling of the case through author Anthony Lewis eyes. Garret Wilson (2003)
is a reader who liked Lewis handling of Gideons Trumpet. Though the book was longer than it had to be, Wilson points out that it turns a single case into
a "larger educational experience (Wilson, 2003). But the interesting part about Lewis book, Wilson points out, is that he presents it
as a real-life occurrence (Wilson, 2003). Rather than portraying Earl Gideon as some kind of sainted hero, the author portrays him as a cranky individual who is eccentric and frequently
irritable (Wilson, 2003). Hes a not very likeable individual in Lewis book, but the point stands that according to the Constitution, Earl Gideon was entitled to legal counsel, whereas on
the state side, it wasnt an issue (until he made it one). In other words, the author brings the human element into
Gideons Trumpet, making it more of a real-life, interesting occurrence rather than some fabled story of an unlikely folk hero. Gideon v. Wainright
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