The right to have an attorney provided to indigent defendants has not always been a part of the right to counsel.

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This right was established in the landmark case of Gideon v. Wainwright in 1963, where the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state courts are required under the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to provide counsel in criminal cases for defendants unable to afford their own attorneys.

The Right to Have an Attorney Provided to Indigent Defendants