Justice Ginsburg, delivered the opinion of the Court.
This case concerns the Sixth Amendment right of an indigent defendant charged with a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment, fine, or both, to the assistance of courtappointed counsel. Two prior decisions control the Court's judgment. First, in Argersinger v. Hamlin,
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