Title: Gideon's trumpet
Description: This is a true story about Clarence Earl Gideon, a semi-literate drifter, who is arrested for breaking into a pool room and for petty theft. When he asks the court to appoint a lawyer for his defense because he cannot afford one, his request is denied. Acting as his own lawyer, Gideon is convicted and sent to jail. While in prison, he begins a hand-written campaign directed to the U.S. Supreme Court, contending that every defendant is entitled to legal representation. The Court agrees to hear Gideon's case, and, in a landmark decision, rules in his favor. Gideon is given a new trial and is found innocent and U.S. legal history is changed forever.
Subjects: Due process of law, Equality before the law, Right to counsel, Trials, litigation, United States, United States. Supreme Court, Droit constitutionnel, Droit pénal, Gideon, Clarence Earl -- Trials, litigation, etc., Criminal law, Trials, Appellate procedure, Legal assistance to prisoners, Prisoners, Legal status, laws, Wainwright, Louie L. -- Trials, litigation, etc., United States. Supreme Court., Right to counsel -- United States., Gideon, Clarence Earl, Wainwright, Louie L, United states, supreme court, Gideon, clarence earl, 1910-1972, Computer programming, Computer programs, Programming languages (Electronic computers)
Places: United States, États-Unis
People: Clarence Earl Gideon, H. G. Cochran, Louie L. Wainwright