Gideon v. Wainwright, Corrections Director (372 U.S. 335)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided March 18, 1963 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 372 U.S. 335 · 83 S. Ct. 792
- Decided
- March 18, 1963
- Term
- October Term 1962
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Black
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
- Constitutional ruling
- State/territorial law held unconstitutional
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