Earl Gideon Authorization and a Supreme Court fight for the right to counsel. There were excessive pleas for crimes he had been convicted of but had not committed. He could not afford a lawyer, but insisted that one be appointed when he was denied the right to a lawyer. Gideon considered it an unfair trial. He later appealed to the United States Supreme Court and won the case on March 18, 1963. The authorization changed the lives of millions of people who had to afford proper counseling and changed history forever (Dudley 9-17). In Panama City, Florida, at the Bay Harbor Poolroom in 1961, a man named Clearance Earl Gideon was arrested for robbery. Authorization knew he had no chance of proving his innocence due to his current financial situation and criminal record. Gideon had been arrested twice in front of the pool hall for similar crimes, but released because the evidence proved otherwise. Gideon's trial took place in Bay County Circuit Court on August 4 (Dudley11-13). When Gideon was asked if he was ready for trial, he said, “I ask this court to appoint an attorney to represent me in this trial” (Gideon). Florida law at the time stated that attorneys could only be appointed for capital misdemeanors and felonies, as ruled by the Supreme Court in 1932. Because Gideon was tried for a misdemeanor he was denied counsel (Gideon). Our founding fathers wrote the Constitution for a purpose. Article three of the Constitution states that both the Supreme Court and all lower courts are required to interpret the law. Furthermore, the Sixth Amendment states that you have the right to due process, which also means that he has the right to a lawyer (Characters). When Gideon was not appointed as an attorney he appealed his case to the United States... half of the document... e). After the final trial he won the case. Have you ever heard that when you get arrested they say you have the right to a lawyer if you can't afford one, one will be appointed for you. Authorization Gideon is a man for whom one will be appointed to you at no cost. As Judge Hugo L. Black once said, “There can be no equal justice where a man's kind of trial depends upon the amount of money he has” (Dudley 79). "The characters of freedom". Np, nd Web. .Dudley, Mark E. Gideon v. Wainwright (1963): Right to Counsel. New York: Twenty-First Century, 1995. Print.GIDEON v. WAINWRIGHT. The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. April 15, 2014. .McBride, Alex. "The Supreme Court." Np, nd Web.