According to the Supreme Court in Powell v.Alabama,the famous "Scottsboro Case" of 1932 involving several black youths accused of raping two white girls on a train:

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In Powell v. Alabama, the Supreme Court ruled that under the severe circumstances of the Scottsboro Case, the state was required to provide counsel for the defendants, as a denial of counsel violated their due process rights under the 14th Amendment. This decision established the principle that in certain cases, the federal Constitution requires the appointment of counsel for indigent defendants. However, this decision did not mandate that all criminal defendants have a right to a lawyer in every criminal case free of charge.

According to the Supreme Court in Powell V