In Gideon v. Wainwright, the original jurisdiction was held by the Florida Supreme Court. The case arose when Clarence Earl Gideon was charged with a felony in a Florida state court and requested a court-appointed attorney, which was denied based on state law at the time. Gideon appealed his conviction to the Florida Supreme Court, which upheld the lower court's decision, leading him to ultimately seek relief from the U.S. Supreme Court. The U.S. Supreme Court later ruled that the right to counsel is a fundamental right applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.
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