Louie L. Wainwright

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Louie L. Wainwright was the Director of the Florida Division of Corrections who became historically notable as the named state official in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright, which established the right to counsel for indigent defendants.

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Louie L. Wainwright canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf corrections administrator ⓘ
government official ⓘ
person ⓘ
areaOfInfluence Florida corrections policy ⓘ
Florida prison system ⓘ
associatedWith Florida Department of Corrections ⓘ
Sixth Amendment jurisprudence ⓘ
right to counsel for indigent defendants ⓘ
branchOfGovernment executive branch ⓘ
continentOfCitizenship North America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
employer Florida Division of Corrections ⓘ
State of Florida ⓘ
linked to: Florida
familyName Wainwright ⓘ
fieldOfWork corrections administration ⓘ
criminal justice ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Louie ⓘ
governmentJurisdiction Florida corrections system ⓘ
hasRole respondent in Gideon v. Wainwright ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Florida ⓘ
linked to: Florida
knownFor being the named party in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
legalCase Gideon v. Wainwright ⓘ
legalStatusInCase official-capacity defendant ⓘ
legalSystem United States legal system ⓘ
levelOfGovernment state ⓘ
name Louie L. Wainwright ⓘ
namedIn caption of Gideon v. Wainwright ⓘ
notableEvent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Gideon v. Wainwright ⓘ
notableFor association with landmark right-to-counsel jurisprudence ⓘ
being the named state official in Gideon v. Wainwright ⓘ
occupation corrections official ⓘ
public administrator ⓘ
partOf Florida state government ⓘ
positionHeld Director of the Florida Division of Corrections ⓘ
head of Florida state prison system ⓘ
residence Florida ⓘ
responsibleFor administration of state prisons in Florida ⓘ
oversight of inmates in Florida state custody ⓘ
timePeriodOfActivity 20th century ⓘ
typeOfOfficeHeld state-level executive office ⓘ
workLocation Florida ⓘ
Tallahassee, Florida ⓘ

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Gideon v. Wainwright → respondent → Louie L. Wainwright ⓘ
Louie L. Wainwright → name → Louie L. Wainwright ⓘ