42.5 Quiz: Liberties in the Court
Question 5 of 10
2 Points
Which option best completes the diagram?
Clarence Gideon
Is convicted of a
felony in Florida
after being
refused a lawyer.
States establish
public defenders
offices to
represent
defendants who
can't afford
lawyers.
A. The Supreme Court rules that Gideon should have been tried in
federal court
O
B. The Supreme Court rules that states must provide lawyers for
poor defendants in felony cases.
O
C. Gideon teaches himself law while in prison and gets Congress to
pass a bill requiring lawyers for all defendants.
O
D. Gideon convinces the local authorities that he is innocent of the
crime for which he was imprisoned.