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The Gideon case : inside the Supreme Court's historic right to counsel decision /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jacob, Bruce R. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2026]
Subjects:
Gideon, Clarence Earl > Trials, litigation, etc.
Wainwright, Louie L. > Trials, litigation, etc.
Jacob, Bruce R.
United States. > Supreme Court.
Lawyers > United States > Biography.
Right to counsel > United States > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: About the Gideon Case and the Author
  • History at My Door
  • The Crime and the Arrest
  • The Right to Counsel Colloquy
  • Gideon's Trial, Conviction, and Sentence
  • Petition for Review to the Florida Supreme Court
  • The Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the United States Supreme Court
  • The Florida Attorney General's Office
  • The Summer of 1962: Working on the Gideon Case
  • Marriage, the Holland Firm, and Completion of the Brief
  • The Right to Counsel before Gideon
  • The Brief for the Petitioner