Right To Counsel Presentation

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Right to Counsel Presentation Student Name Date
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RIGHT TO COUNSEL  In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense .  We will discuss two famous cases where this right to council was used . 1. Gideon v . Wainwright 2. McKaskle v . Wiggins
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Two - cases in brief  Gideon v . Wainwright It is a landmark case in United States Supreme Court history . In it the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that state courts are required under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U . S . Constitution to provide counsel in criminal cases to represent defendants who are unable to afford to pay their own attorneys . The case extended the identical requirement that had been explicitly imposed on federal courts under the Fifth Amendment and Sixth Amendment .  McKaskle v . Wiggins IT is a United States Supreme Court case in which the court considered the role of standby counsel in a criminal trial where the defendant conducted his own defense . In this case the defendant claimed his Sixth Amendment right to present his own case in a criminal trial was violated by the presence of a court - appointed standby counsel

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