all trials are in open court, to which spectators are admitted.” In re Oliver (1948). Akhil R. Amar, Sixth Amendment First Principles, 84 Geo. L.J. 641 (1996) Annual Review of Criminal Procedure ...

The confrontation right has long been a bedrock of our criminal legal system, ensuring that evidence presented during a trial ...

The United States Supreme Court denied a petition to hear an appeal from three men who were previously convicted after ...

At the time of the Sixth Amendment, all trials in serious criminal cases were ... although he consent in open court to be tried by a jury of eleven men.” Home Insurance Co. of New York v.

The Sixth Amendment secures the right to a fair trial in general, with several specific protections. Its goal is to prohibit the abuses of England's notorious Star Chamber—a court under King ...

The 6th Amendment commands that a person shall have the right to assistance of counsel in her defense. Walking into a courtroom charged with a crime, lacking the legal acumen, lacking the basic ...

(Courthouse News photo/Maria Dinzeo) SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Witnesses testifying in an upcoming criminal trial will be required ... has the constitutional right under the Sixth Amendment to confront ...

Judge Everett: Sixth Amendment right ... Rashbaum said in open court. But after Charlie Adelson was subpoenaed by the state ...