The case of Gideon v. Wainwright incorporated the Sixth Amendment right to counsel to the states.

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Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) ruled that the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of a right to counsel is a fundamental right applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause, thus requiring states to provide counsel to defendants in criminal cases who are unable to afford their own attorneys.

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