Like many other provisions of the Constitution, the Sixth Amendment has a different meaning today than it did when it was first ratified. In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that, based on the Sixth Amendment’s provision of right to counsel, indigent defendants charged with a felony are entitled to the services of a lawyer paid for by the government (Gideon v. Wainwright 1963). Later, the Sixth Amendment right to counsel was extended to juvenile court proceedings as well (In re Gault 1967). But as so often happens, answering one question raised several new ones.
-Which of the following issues did the court wrestle with following the Gideon decision?

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The court wrestled with all of these issues following the Gideon decision. The decision in Gideon v. Wainwright was just the beginning of the court's dealing with issues related to the right to counsel. The court had to clarify the extent of the right to counsel, including nonfelony criminal prosecutions, stages of the criminal process, and self-representation.

Like Many Other Provisions of the Constitution, the Sixth Amendment