DEFENSE ATTORNEYS

1) Assigned counsel system - appointment by the court from a list of available private attorneys

 2) Contract system - private attorneys bid to represent all indigent criminal defendants for a fixed payment

 3) Gideon v. Wainwright - Supreme Court decision granting indigent’s right to counsel

 4) Indigents – defendants who are too poor to pay for a lawyer and therefore entitled to one for free

 5) Privileged communication - protected communication between attorney and client (attorney-client privilege)

 6) Pro se - Latin for “on his own behalf,” referring to the right to self-representation

 7) Public defender - salaried public officials representing all indigent defendants within a jurisdiction

 8) Right to counsel - 6th Amendment right to legal assistance