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A 3 page paper answering three questions about Anthony Lewis' 1989 book. Questions address why the Supreme Court decided to hear the case; defining in forma pauperis writ of certiorari; and what took place at Gideon's trial. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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3 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KSlawGidTrump.rtf
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Gideons request for a court-appointed attorney in 1961 was denied, after the legal profession had spent twenty years wrestling with the concept. The U.S. Supreme Court had decided twenty
years before that counsel was not required for a fair trial, but at Gideons request reversed the previous decision and so changed the entire justice system. 1. Explain why the U.S.
Supreme Court had the right to consider Gideons case. The role of the U.S. Supreme Court is to defend the Constitution and to
ensure that laws originating with the legislative branch of government are not in conflict with the principles and statements of the U.S. Constitution. In the 1940s the Court had
ruled that there were circumstances under which the defendant could not receive a fair trial without benefit of counsel. This was in direct opposition to the Fourteenth Amendment to
the Constitution, which assures every citizen the right to a fair trial. When Gideon requested counsel of the Circuit Court in Florida, the
judge explained that he could not honor Gideons request and that rule applied only to capital cases. Gideon insisted that the Supreme Court had stated he was entitled to
counsel. In fact "The United States Supreme Court had not said he was entitled to counsel; in Betts v. Brady and succeeding cases
it had said quite the opposite" (Lewis 11). Betts v. Brady had been a difficult ruling from the beginning, however, and had created a great deal of angst though
it had been refined over time through use in other cases. Interpretation of the law changes with time, however, which is one of
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