Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2025
Abstract
Gideon v. Wainwright, which was decided in 1963, held that the Sixth Amendment guarantees the right to counsel for poor people charged with crimes in state court.1 Over the six decades since Gideon was decided, states have grappled with how to provide public defense services.
Publication Citation
Nev. Law., Mar. 2025, at 8.
Recommended Citation
Hanan, M. Eve, "Public Defender Workload and the Promise of Gideon" (2025). Scholarly Works. 1471.
https://scholars.law.unlv.edu/facpub/1471
