Bill of Rights (Amendments 1-10) > Amendment 6
Trial in the State or District Clause
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
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- James Madison on the Pinckney Plan
- Bill of Rights/Amendments I–X
- Newspaper Report of the House of Representatives Debates on August 22, 1789
- The Congressional Register
- The Congressional Register
- Journal Notes of the Virginia Ratification Convention Proceedings
- Journal Notes of the Virginia Ratification Convention Proceedings
- Journal Notes of the Virginia Ratification Convention Proceedings
- Timothy Pickering to John Gardner · recipient: John Gardner
- Plan of Government (I) by John Dickinson
- Constitution of Massachusetts
- Constitution of Maryland
- First Draft of the Virginia Declaration of Rights
- Constitution of South Carolina
- George Mason to the Committee of Merchants in London