Chapter 6 Flashcards
What are the roles of a Defense Attorney?
To accurately represent their clients and do all that they can to protect and promote the interest and rights of their clients. To zealously defend a client he or she knows to be guilty
What was the case for Powell v. Alabama?
established a right to appointed counsel in capital cases: Scottsboro boys
What was the case for Johnson v. Zerbst?
Right to counsel in Federal Court
What was the for Betts v. Brady?
States were no required to present indigent defendants with an attorney based solely on “Special Circumstances”
What was the case for Gideon v. Wainwright?
The right to counsel was essential for a fair trial and applied it to all states.