Sixth Amendment
Accused person's protections
The Sixth Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution guarantees rights to people accused of crimes: a speedy and public trial, an impartial jury, knowledge of the charges, the ability to confront witnesses, and the right to legal counsel.
The defendant claimed the delay violated her Sixth Amendment rights.
These protections are fundamental to American criminal procedure.
- speedy trialTimely court proceeding guaranteed
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
- Bill of RightsInitial constitutional amendments guaranteeing freedoms
- voir direPretrial juror examination
cross-examination · public trial · subpoena · compulsory · legal counsel · impartial jury · jury selection · right to counsel · defense attorney · indictment · Supreme Court rulings · witness stand · fair trial · trial by jury · Miranda rights · discovery process · English common law · James Madison
- Criminal Defensedefense attorney, defense lawyer, defense strategy, defense team, defense witness
- Criminal Procedurearraignment, arrest, grand jury, investigation, guilty plea
- defendant rightsright to counsel, Miranda rights, Miranda warning, presumption of innocence, right to silence
- trial rightsfair trial, impartial jury, impartial judge, presumption of innocence, right to counsel
- interrogation rightsMiranda rights, Miranda warning, right to silence, right to counsel, self-incrimination
- Public Defensepublic defender, defense attorney, defense counsel, court-appointed attorney, court-appointed counsel
Sixth AmendmentFourth Amendment
Search and seizure protection
Fifth Amendment · First Amendment · Second Amendment · Eighth Amendment · Fourteenth Amendment
Sixth Amendmentstate's evidence
Accomplice testimony for prosecution
plea bargaining · mandatory minimums · asset forfeiture · qualified immunity · secret trials
Sixth Amendmentsummary execution
Killing without formal trial
star chamber · detention without trial · kangaroo court · lynch mob · indefinite detention