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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- Newspaper Report of the House of Representatives Debates on August 22, 1789
- Journal Notes of the Virginia Ratification Convention Proceedings
- Journal Notes of the Virginia Ratification Convention Proceedings
- The Congressional Register
- Journal Notes of the Virginia Ratification Convention Proceedings
- Plan of Government (I) by John Dickinson
- First Draft of the Virginia Declaration of Rights
- George Mason to the Committee of Merchants in London
- Timothy Pickering to John Gardner · recipient: John Gardner
- James Madison on the Pinckney Plan
- The Congressional Register
- Constitution of South Carolina
- Constitution of Maryland
- Constitution of Massachusetts
- Bill of Rights/Amendments I–X