Clarence Earl Gideon/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Clarence Earl Gideon.

The petitioner/defendant in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case, decided in 1963, establishing the right to counsel protected by the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution.