June 25, 2018

Gideon V. Wainwright Right to Counsel Part 1 Case began back in 1961, in June of that year, one morning at about 5:30 in the morning, a breaking and entering took place at the bay harbor pool room in very small community of bay harbor, east of downtown Panama City which is located in the…in […]

Gideon v. Wainwright Right to Counsel Part 2 At his trial Gideon cross examined the witnesses for the prosecution. He decided not to take the witness stand on his own behalf. He was convicted. It was given a 5 year sentence for the crime of breaking and entering with intent to committing a misdemeanor. He

Gideon v. Wainwright Right to Counsel Part 3 In early part of summer of 1962 Abe Fortas was appointed to represent Gideon. He had been the editor of those Yale law general, he had been Yale law professor. He had been the personal attorney to London Johnson. He was a member of a very, very

Gideon v. Wright Right to Counsel Part 4 Secondly, under the constitution as of 1962, the states were allowed to develop their own rules of criminal procedure. We argued that the state should be free to experiment, with regard to criminal procedure. 3rd; due process in those days was a, considered to be a very

Gideon v. Wainwright Right to Counsel Part 5 I’ve represented murderers, rapists, prostitutes, heroin addicts, armed robbers, burglars, and others who have broken the law. But as a lawyer I believe it’s my job to take either side of the case even if I would, even if I would prefer the other side, and to

Gideon v. Wainwright Right to Counsel Part 6 By the way Anthony Louis died just recently 2 months ago. It was an enormous loss. He was a great writer and also a wonderful human being. When Fortas finished it was my turn to argue. I stepped before the podium and in my first impression I’ve

Gideon v. Wainwright Right to Counsel Part 7 The 6th amendment’s right to counsel provision which previously had applied only in Federal court now was incorporated in 14th amendment and made applicable to the states. This is picture of Louie Wainwright. Justice Black who rose for majority In the Gideon opinion said that bets had

Gideon v. Wainwright Right to Counsel Part 8 Final Now certainly it’s true with regards to the case of Gideon versus Wainwright. We had high hopes in 1963 that Gideon would solve the problem of lack of representation of defendants and all kinds of criminal cases but the constitution project of Washington DC reports in

Blood Draw Issues in Driving While Intoxicated Arrests Part 1 When you talk about blood draw issues we talk about blood I mean, this has been the biggest change in the landscape of the law that I’ve ever seen! That has taken place really over the course of 4 or 5 years and most of

Blood Draw Issues in Driving While Intoxicated Arrests Part 2 So if you’re thinking about blood, you’re thinking about humans! There are too many human involvements and I think that a lot of these police departments have certainly gotten better because the assembly lines and the reputation. However, there are a lot of people to