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Identify the amendment violated in the following Supreme Court case. A defendant accused of armed robbery is denied a lawyer by the government because armed robbery is not a capital crime.
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the Sixth Amendment
the Fifth Amendment
the Fourth Amendment
the First Amendment

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the Sixth Amendment

Explanation: The Sixth Amendment guarantees the right to counsel in criminal prosecutions; under Gideon v. Wainwright, indigent defendants in noncapital felony cases must be provided a lawyer.