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Reading the article, one might get the idea that Bruce Jacob somehow enhanced the right of indigent criminal defendants to have counsel. Nothing could be further from the truth. Jacob represented the State of Florida, and his efforts were directed to denying Clarence Gideon the right to counsel appointed by the state.Alexander Springstea (talk) 02:52, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Based on the information in this article, it is not clear to me that Bruce Jacob meets notability requirements, either WP:BIO or WP:PROF. This situation is made worse by the current absence of any references. Jacob can be found in quite a few places via Google, but mostly in his role as a law professor at Stetson. I couldn't find anything that obviously gets him through "notability". He was involved with one notable case, Gideon v. Wainwright, but is not mentioned in that article and his involvement was presumably not especially notable in that instance. Perhaps someone has better information, and will upgrade the article. As it stands, I'm tempted to refer it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Tim Ross(talk)14:08, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
On the subject of referring the article for deletion, I am inclined to agree, or least requiring that it be rewritten from a more balanced point of view. To read the article quickly, one might come away with the idea that Jacob helped to obtain legal counsel for indigent criminal defendants. That is nonsense. Jacob represented the State of Florida, and his efforts were directed toward denying Clarence Gideon the right to a lawyer appointed by the state.Alexander Springstea (talk) 02:56, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
