The right to counsel in felony cases was applied to the states in the landmark case of:

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Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) is the landmark case in which the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that states are required under the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to provide counsel in criminal cases to represent defendants who are unable to afford to pay their own attorneys, extending the right to counsel to felony defendants in state courts.

The Right to Counsel in Felony Cases Was Applied to the States