Read through old Supreme Court decisions ... the majority opinion in the landmark 1963 decision in Gideon v. Wainwright, which established the right to a court-appointed lawyer for indigent ...

and Gideon v. Wainwright (extending the right to counsel to felony defendants in state courts). Overturning precedent is part of a Supreme Court justice's job description. Without context ...

Through pivotal Supreme Court decisions ... that remain central to criminal justice practices. The 1963 Gideon v. Wainwright case addressed a fundamental inequity in the criminal justice system.

and the realities of “effective assistance of counsel” fifty years after Gideon v. Wainwright. Mr Porter is an Assistant Federal Defender at the Office of the Federal Defender for the Eastern District ...