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Sixth Amendment - Rights of Accused in Criminal Prosecutions

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SIXTH AMENDMENT

RIGHTS OF ACCUSED IN CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS

CONTENTS

• Criminal Prosecutions
  • Coverage
    • Offenses Against the United States
• Right to a Speedy and Public Trial
  • Speedy Trial
    • Source and Rationale
    • Application and Scope
    • When the Right Is Denied
  • Public Trial
• Right to Trial by Impartial Jury
  • Jury Trial
    • The Attributes and Function of the Jury
    • Criminal Proceedings to Which the Guarantee Applies
  • Impartial Jury
• Place of Trial—Jury of the Vicinage
• Notice of Accusation
• Confrontation
• Compulsory Process
• Assistance of Counsel
  • Development of an Absolute Right to Counsel at Trial
    • Powell v. Alabama
    • Johnson v. Zerbst
    • Betts v. Brady and Progeny
    • Gideon v. Wainwright
    • Protection of the Right to Retained Counsel
    • Effective Assistance of Counsel
    • Self-Representation
  • Right to Assistance of Counsel in Nontrial Situations
    • Judicial Proceedings Before Trial
    • Custodial Interrogation
    • Lineups and Other Identification Situations
    • Post-Conviction Proceedings
    • Noncriminal and Investigatory Proceedings

Last modified: December 20, 2005