What amendment if i am charged with a crime you have a right to a defense by a lawyer?

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2026-05-13 17:35

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the Fifth Amendment

The right, which only extends to indigent defendants at criminal-liability jeopardy, derives from judicial interpretation of several Amendments, but is not to be found textually in the U.S. Constitution itself. Read Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963).

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