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Anthony Lewis Gideon's Trumpet

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The novel titled Gideon's trumpet by Anthony Lewis is about a poor older man by the name of Clarence Earl Gideon who asked the supreme court to change his mind. He was falsely accused of committing a crime in 1961 and because he did not have any money he could hiee an attorney to help support his case in court. He requested a layawer be given to him because because he could not afford one and he believed it would not be a fair trial without one. He was forced to represent himself and court and was found guilty, while he was in jail he studied up on the law and more specifically the supreme court. From materials provided by the jail he sent his appeal into the supreme court within the required ninety day period he has to submit his appeal in

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