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Which decision by the Warren Court determined that the state must provide a lawyer to a person accused of a crime who cannot afford one?

A. Reynolds’s v. Sims
B. Miranda v. Arizona
C. Gideon v. Wainwright
D. Mapp v. Ohio

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The answer is C. The Supreme Court decided in Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) that the Constitution mandates that states provide defense attorneys to criminal defendants charged with serious offenses who cannot afford to hire their own attorneys.
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