The right to counsel was provided in the________ Amendment. After the decision in ________, this was extended to require that counsel be provided for you if you could not afford an attorney.

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The right to counsel was provided in the Sixth Amendment, but it was not until the landmark case of Gideon v. Wainwright in 1963 that the Court ruled that the right to counsel included the right to have counsel appointed if the defendant could not afford one. Therefore, choice B is correct. Choices A, C, D, and E are incorrect because they either do not mention the right to counsel or cite the wrong case.

The Right to Counsel Was Provided in The________ Amendment