Analyze the aspects of right to counsel

Be sure to answer the question “why did the Supreme Court decide the case the way it did?”
· Examine the development of right to counsel by briefly discussing and identifying the issue related to providing counsel by the Supreme Court in Powell v. Alabama (1932), Johnson v. Zerbst (1938), Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), and Argersinger v. Hamlin (1972)
Discuss the limitations on right to counsel imposed by the Supreme Court.
· Right to Choose Counsel – Wheat v. United States (1988)
Discuss how the “critical stage” doctrine is used to determine when counsel is required at pretrial and post-trial proceedings. Discuss these pretrial proceedings, what the identified case says about right to counsel, and why the Supreme Court decided the way it did:
· Police Investigations
· Custodial Interrogations – Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
· Arraignment – Hamilton v. Alabama (1961)
· Preliminary Examination/Hearings – Coleman v. Alabama (1970)
· Plea-Bargaining – White v. Maryland (1963)
· Sentencing/Deferred Sentencing – Mempa v. Ray (1967)
· Probation