book "Gideon's Trumpet" by Anthony Lewis
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"Gideon's Trumpet" is a nonfiction book by Anthony Lewis that recounts Clarence Earl Gideon's landmark U.S. Supreme Court case, Gideon v. Wainwright, which established the right to legal counsel for criminal defendants who cannot afford an attorney.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| book "Gideon's Trumpet" by Anthony Lewis canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
legal history book
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nonfiction book ⓘ |
| adaptationMedium | television ⓘ |
| adaptationYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | television film "Gideon's Trumpet" ⓘ |
| author | Anthony Lewis ⓘ |
| awarded |
Edgar Award
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surface form:
Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime
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| awardYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts | struggle of an indigent defendant for legal representation ⓘ |
| deweyDecimalClassification |
345.73/052
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347.30552 ⓘ |
| explains |
United States constitutional law
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surface form:
Fourteenth Amendment incorporation doctrine
Sixth Amendment right to counsel ⓘ |
| focusesOnEvent |
Gideon v. Wainwright
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surface form:
Gideon v. Wainwright decision
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| genre |
legal nonfiction
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narrative nonfiction ⓘ |
| influenced | public understanding of the right to counsel ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers
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students of law and history ⓘ |
| ISBN | 9780394713803 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | KF9646 .L4 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Clarence Earl Gideon ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
accessible explanation of a landmark Supreme Court case
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humanizing an indigent defendant ⓘ |
| pages | approximately 288 ⓘ |
| portrays |
U.S. Supreme Court decision-making process
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role of appointed counsel in criminal cases ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| publisher | Random House ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Escobedo v. Illinois
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Miranda v. Arizona ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Gideon v. Wainwright
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surface form:
Gideon v. Wainwright (Supreme Court opinion)
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| setInPeriod | early 1960s ⓘ |
| setInPlace |
Florida
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| subject |
Gideon v. Wainwright
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Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
surface form:
United States Supreme Court
criminal procedure ⓘ indigent defense ⓘ right to counsel ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
1961 burglary conviction of Clarence Earl Gideon
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1963 Supreme Court ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright ⓘ |
| usedIn |
criminal justice education
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law school curricula ⓘ |
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