Please watch this video on the Sixth Amendment Right to a Speedy Trial

(Video Length: 16 minutes and 02 seconds)

Sixth Amendment

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 defence.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand and explain the constitutional guarantees in the sixth amendment

Workflow

1. Read the National Constitution Center on the Sixth Amendment.
2. Watch the Kahn Academy video on the Sixth Amendment.

Right to Counsel

• Powell v. Alabama 287 US 45 (1932)
• Gideon v. Wainwright 372 US 335 (1963)
  • Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) C-SPAN Series on Landmark Cases 
• Escobedo v. Illinois 378 US 478 (1964)
• Texas v. Cobb 532 US 162 (2001)
• Montejo v. Louisiana 556 US 778 (2009)