Gideon v. Wainwright
Subtitle: the right to free legal counsel
By: G.S. Prentzas
Series: Great Supreme Court decisions; Great Supreme Court decisions
Publisher: Chelsea House
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9781438103365
Subjects: JUVENILE NONFICTION; Trials, litigation; Right to counsel; Social Science; United States. Supreme Court; Clarence Earl Gideon; United States; Wainwright, Louie L.; General; Juvenile literature
Description: Examines the people, events, and legal issues involved in the Supreme Court case that established the right of the accused to be represented by a lawyer even if they cannot afford to pay.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 112) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: The making of a landmark case; title: History of the right to counsel in the United States; title: The lawyers prepare their briefs; title: The Supreme Court's decision; title: The right to counsel after Gideon; title: The future of the right to counsel.