Which U.S. Supreme Court case guarantees the right to counsel for all indigent persons charged with felonies?

A. Argersinger v. Hamlin (1973)
B. Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)
C. Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
D. Powell v. Alabama (1932)


C. Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

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