Encyclopedia of the American Constitution (2000)
Anthony Lewis
Section: FA-JW
Pages: 1193-1194
Copyright (2000) Macmillan Reference USA. All rights reserved.
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Gideon v. Wainwright 372 U.S. 335 (1963)
From time to time in constitutional history an obscure individual becomes the symbol of a great movement in legal doctrine. Character and circumstance illuminate a new understanding of the Constitution. So it was in the case of Clarence Earl Gideon.Gideon was a drifter and petty th...Try vLex for FREE for 3 days
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