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Apr. 3, 2018

Gideon 2.0: Tenant, you have a right to an attorney

A ballot measure in San Francisco would require the city to fund and run a program to provide tenants facing eviction with full-scope representation by an attorney regardless of income or means.

Daniel J. O'Connell

Law Offices of Daniel J. O'Connell

Daniel J. O'Connell practices landlord/tenant law in San Francisco.

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Gideon 2.0: Tenant, you have a right to an attorney
Clarence Gideon, the defendant in a landmark Supreme Court case that recognized a criminal defendant's right to an attorney, circa 1961.

The landmark ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963), gave indigent criminal defendants a constitutional right to an attorney. The U.S. Supreme Court endorsed the view that the "right to be heard would be, in many cases, of little avail if it did not comprehend the right to be heard by counsel." Based on Gideon, the public defender system was born; a person charged with a crime is appointed an attorne...

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