U.S. Constitution, Sixth Amendment

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amendment to the United States Constitution constitutional amendment

The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees criminal defendants rights such as a speedy and public trial, an impartial jury, notice of accusations, confrontation of witnesses, compulsory process for obtaining witnesses, and the assistance of counsel.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution	10
Sixth Amendment	3
The Sixth Amendment right to appointed counsel applies to a defendant given a suspended sentence that may lead to incarceration upon violation of probation.	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ constitutional amendment ⓘ
adoptedAsPartOf	Bill of Rights ⓘ
appliedToStatesBy	Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
appliesTo	criminal prosecutions ⓘ federal criminal prosecutions ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
guaranteesRight	assistance of counsel ⓘ compulsory process for obtaining witnesses ⓘ confrontation of witnesses ⓘ impartial jury ⓘ notice of the nature and cause of the accusation ⓘ public trial ⓘ speedy trial ⓘ trial by an impartial jury of the State and district where the crime was committed ⓘ
incorporatedThrough	Due Process Clause ⓘ surface form: Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
interpretedByCase	Barker v. Wingo ⓘ Batson v. Kentucky ⓘ Crawford v. Washington ⓘ Duncan v. Louisiana ⓘ Gideon v. Wainwright ⓘ Powell v. Alabama ⓘ Strickland v. Washington ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
language	English ⓘ
legalDomain	United States constitutional law ⓘ
partOf	Bill of Rights ⓘ surface form: United States Bill of Rights United States Constitution ⓘ
proposedDate	September 25, 1789 ⓘ
protects	right to be confronted with the witnesses against the accused ⓘ right to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation ⓘ right to compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in favor of the accused ⓘ right to have the Assistance of Counsel for defense ⓘ
ratifiedDate	December 15, 1791 ⓘ
ratifiedWith	Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Second Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Third Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
requires	jury drawn from the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed ⓘ jury selected from district previously ascertained by law ⓘ
subject	criminal procedure ⓘ rights of the accused ⓘ
textBeginsWith	In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial ⓘ