In Which Case Did the U

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Multiple Choice

In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court reverse the convictions of the so-called "Scottsboro Boys" on Fourteenth Amendment due process grounds because, at the time, the Sixth Amendment did not apply to state proceedings since at the time it had not yet been incorporated?

• A) Gideon v. Wainwright
• B) Powell v. Alabama
• C) Weeks v. United States
• D) Escobedo v. Illinois

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