Douglas v. California - Criminal Justice Worksheet and Answer Key

Crenshaw Criminal Justice Learning Tools Worksheets are designed to be an effective tool in the ongoing effort to encourage students to remain engaged with the information they are learning. The worksheets provided will: 1) Help students identify an underlying big picture, 2) Differentiate instruction, 3) Focus students’ attention, 4) Deliver and summarize content efficiently, and 5) Connect new information to previously covered material.

This worksheet teaches students about Douglas v. California, 372 U.S. 353, a major landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that indigent petitioners are entitled to assistance of counsel in a first appeal as a fundamental right?