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The assignment for this week is to locate a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case and draft a case brief. Go the following website (www.cornell.edu) and locate the following case: Gideon v. Wainwright.

Write a 1-2 page case brief utilizing the sample case brief.
1. Case Title
2. Citation
3. Year decided
4. Facts
5. Issue or issues
6.Court decision
7. Holdings
8. Case Significance

Please note that you do not need to include the concurring or dissenting opinions in your brief.
2 references.

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1. Case Title

GIDEON v. WAINWRIGHT.

2. Citation

Docket No.
155

3. Year decided

Decided Monday, March 18, 1963

4. Facts

The plaintiff Clarence Earl Gideon allegedly committed the felony offense of breaking and entering into a dwelling with the intent to commit a misdemeanor offense. Gideon requested a lawyer as he couldn't afford one, and needed a court appointed attorney to represent him, but the law in the state of Florida only mandated that an ...

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