The statement you provided is generally correct. The Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution guarantees the right to counsel for individuals charged with a crime. In the landmark case Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Sixth Amendment's right to counsel applies to the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and that indigent defendants have a right to appointed counsel in all criminal cases where the defendant faces a potential loss of liberty. The Court specifically held that the right to counsel means that each and every adult who cannot afford to hire a lawyer at prevailing compensation rates in his jurisdiction must be given a qualified and trained lawyer.