Mueller, a former public defender, eventually took the case and mostly won at trial. A jury acquitted Thompson of the felony ...

The modern law interpreting the Right to Counsel Clause really begins with the 1963 decision in Gideon v. Wainwright, holding that the Fourteenth Amendment incorporates Sixth Amendment’s ...

The ACLU has asserted that this group’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel is violated when the state is unable to appoint a lawyer to represent them. The court rightly ruled that the state is in ...

public trial.... The right to a public trial in the Sixth Amendment is deeply rooted in Anglo-American history, tradition, and values. It reflects, among other things, the Founders’ hostility ...

"At one point, there were a few people — and maybe a dozen people — who were going without counsel entirely ... Judge rules Maine denied 6th Amendment rights to low-income defendants ...