Legal Dictionary
Main Entry:
as·sis·tance of counsel : the help of a lawyer which a defendant in a criminal prosecution is guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution —see also
INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL Powell v. Alabama in the
IMPORTANT CASES section
NOTE: The Supreme Court held in Powell v. Alabama that the Sixth Amendment requires the state to provide a lawyer to a defendant too poor to hire one.
