In Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), the justices declared that
A) voluntary school prayer in the public schools was unconstitutional.
B) segregation was unconstitutional.
C) the "one man, one vote" standard was unconstitutional.
D) corporations have free speech rights under the First Amendment.
E) state courts had to provide legal counsel to defendants who could not afford their own attorneys.

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In Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), the Supreme Court ruled that the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of legal counsel applies to defendants in state courts and that states must provide legal counsel to defendants who cannot afford their own attorneys.

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