W. Fred Turner was an American attorney. He was the lawyer who successfully defended Clarence Earl Gideon

Clarence Earl Gideon

Clarence Earl Gideon was a poor drifter accused in a Florida state court of felony theft. His case resulted in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Gideon v...

 in the second trial that was given to him after the Gideon vs. Wainwright case overturned his conviction. The story behind this famous case was told in Anthony Lewis's 1964 book Gideon's Trumpet

Gideon's Trumpet

Gideon's Trumpet is a book by Anthony Lewis describing the story behind Gideon v. Wainwright, in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that criminal defendants have the right to an attorney even if they cannot afford it...

. Discussion of Turner's role is in the Epilogue, pages 234-250.
Turner was born in Millville

Millville, Florida

Millville is an unincorporated community in Bay County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Panama City–Lynn Haven–Panama City BeachMetropolitan Statistical Area.GlenwoodHistory...

, Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

, now part of Panama City

Panama City, Florida

-Personal income:The median income for a household in the city was $31,572, and the median income for a family was $40,890. Males had a median income of $30,401 versus $21,431 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,830...

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