In Gideon v. Wainwright , the Supreme Court took the first major step on the issue of right to counsel.

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Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) was a landmark case in which the U.S. 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, thereby expanding the rights to counsel and ensuring the right to a fair trial.

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