The Right To Legal Counsel

Year Published: 1968

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Gives a dramatic telling of the 1963 Supreme Court decision from the Gideon vs Wainright case, that ruled that indigent defendants, accused of serious crimes, must be offered the assignment of counsel. In making this decision, the Supreme Court overruled the Betts vs Brady decision. When tried, with adequate legal representation, Gideon was found innocent. Presents a vivid demonstration of the citizen's use of the 5th, 6th and 14th amendments to the Bill of Rights.

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