Scott v. Illinois, No. 77-1177 (U.S. Supreme Court) (440 U.S. 367; 99 S.Ct. 1158) (March 5, 1979) (Justice Rehnquist)
Here the Court held that the 6th and 14th Amendments "require only that no indigent criminal defendant be sentenced to a term of imprisonment unless the State has afforded him the right to assistance of appointed counsel".
In this case, the Petitioner, an indigent, was convicted of shoplifting and was ...
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