CRMJ 205 1st Edition Lecture 13 Outline of Current Lecture I The Court System II Cases III Sixth Amendment Current Lecture I The Court System a Many states have 3 levels of courts II Trial courts Court of appeals Supreme courts Cases a Powell vs Alabama African American teens Denied right to counsel Won appeal and provided with counsel Quickly resentenced to death Appealed again argued jury bias all white jury Won appeal Final Sentencing outcomes varied Decision 1932 In capital cases if defendant requests counsel an attorney must be provided Capital Cases Unequal justice Racial minorities are victims of unequal justice These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Especially in regard to crimes against whites Example Lenell Geter African American male charged with armed robbery 1983 Innocent b Johnson Vs Zerbst 1938 Required counsel to be appointed for all indigent offenders Only applied to federal criminal cases Different from Powel Case Capital vs Federal c Gideon vs Wainwright 1963 III Every offender who faces imprisonment for a criminal offense has the right to counsel Sixth Amendment a In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to have the assistance of counsel for his defense b Indigent offenders out of luck
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