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Tyke

31 March, 15:34

Which option best completes the diagram?

Clarence Gideon

is convicted ot a

telony in Florida

after being

refused a lawyer.

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States establish

public defenders'

offices to

represent

defendants who

can't afford

lawyers.

A. Gideon convinces the local authorities that he is innocent of the

crime for which he was imprisoned.

B. Gideon teaches himself law while in prison and gets Congress to

pass a bill requiring lawyers for all defendants.

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C. The Supreme Court rules that states must provide lawyers for

poor defendants in felony cases.

D. The Supreme Court rules that Gideon should have been tried in

federal court