Bill of rights
SIXTH AMENDMENT - What did the Supreme Court and states originally take this to mean? What did the Supreme Court in 1963 in Gideon v Wainwright extend it to mean?

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In the Gideon v. Wainwright decision, the Court decided that if a person is charged with a crime, and they cannot pay for a lawyer, the state has to provide them with a lawyer for free. This case resulted in the creation of the public defender program in the United States.