Justice Black's role in the right to appointed counsel cases is unique. What best describes his role?

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	He wrote the dissent in Betts (1942), and he again expressed his views in Gideon (1963) as the author of the majority opinion
	Justice Black had a ghost writer in all the opinions he issued on the topic of the right to counsel
	His opinion in Betts (1942) as the author of the majority opinion were exactly the same 20 years later when he again expressed his views in Gideon (1963)
	He wrote the majority opinion in Betts (1942), and he again expressed his views in Gideon (1963) as the author of the dissent

Douglas v. California (1963) (right to counsel on appeal) relies heavily on the logic of a precedent case. This precedent case was about:

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	the right of an indigent defendant to a free psychiatric evaluation, if the defendant's sanity is an issue in the case
	the right of an indigent defendant to a free business suit so he does not need to appear before the jury in a prison uniform
	the right of an indigent defendant to a free transcript of the trial proceedings
	the right of an indigent defendant to free access to law books

Has the Supreme Court required that poor people be given appointed counsel in all criminal cases? If not, what best describes the rule?

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	The right to appointed counsel applies in federal criminal cases but not in state criminal cases
	The right to appointed counsel applies in felony criminal cases, not misdemeanor and traffic criminal cases
	The right to appointed counsel applies in all criminal cases where the defendant will serve jail time, or is vulnerable to incarceration
	The right to appointed counsel applies in all criminal cases

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