| 1 | The justices overturned Gideon's conviction. | |
| 2 | The Gideon decision by the Supreme Court raised a series of immediate questions. | |
| 3 | But on a more subtle level, Gideon's cause had much going for it. | |
| 4 | So the stakes were high on March 18, l963, when the Supreme Court announced its decision in the Gideon case. | |
| 5 | But far more important were broader issues that the Gideon decision had raised. |