The administrations of the Public Defender began, created, and developed from a common conviction by all Americans in individual opportunity. To safeguard this common confidence in opportunity, the United States and California Constitutions give the option to pick government delegates and the option to fair treatment of regulation. Among the privileges ensured by the United States and California Constitutions is the right of a denounced to advise. The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution gives, in applicable part, "In every single criminal arraignment, the denounced will partake in the right to… the Assistance of Counsel for his safeguard." (See additionally Art. I, Sect. 15, Cal. Const.)
Perceiving that ruined individuals couldn't manage the cost of guidance, the United States Supreme Court expressed, "The right of one accused of wrongdoing to advice may not be considered crucial and vital for fair preliminaries in certain nations, yet it is in our own. All along, our state and public constitutions and regulations have laid extraordinary accentuation on procedural and meaningful shields intended to guarantee fair preliminaries before unprejudiced councils in which each respondent stands equivalent under the steady gaze of the law. This honorable ideal can't be understood in the event that the unfortunate man accused of wrongdoing needs to confront his informers without a legal counselor to help him.