It reversed the court's ruling in 1942's Betts v. Brady, and it was made to apply to all cases that could lead to imprisonment in 1972's Argensinger v. Hamlin. The court ruled
It reversed the court's ruling in 1942's Betts v. Brady, and it was made to apply to all cases that could lead to imprisonment in 1972's Argensinger v. Hamlin. The court ruled that the Sixth Amendment guaranteed qualified representation as essential  for fairness, and a retrial was ordered. FTP, identify this Supreme Court decision of 1963, which required states to provide public defenders in felony cases.
It reversed the court's ruling in 1942's Betts v. Brady, and it was made to apply to all cases that could lead to imprisonment in 1972's Argensinger v. Hamlin.
Gideon v. Wainwright