Explain the fundamental protections available to a defendant under the Sixth Amendment related to the concepts of a speedy trial, an impartial jury, the role of the jury, and the right to face one’s accusers. According to Cornell Law School’s definition of the Sixth Amendment, “The Sixth Amendment guarantees the rights of criminal defendants, including the right to a public trial without unnecessary delay, the right to a lawyer, the right to an impartial jury, and the right to know who your accusers are and the nature of the charges and evidence against you.”
Sixth Amendment | U.S. Constitution | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute (cornell.edu)
What this basically means is that all jurors must be unbiased/fair and make decisions about the case based on fact and not opinion. As well as no trial should be delayed unless it’s necessary. An example of that could be lack of resources or mismanagement of time.
Analyze the reasoning behind the U.S. Supreme Court’s holding in Ballew v.
Georgia and Burch v. Louisiana that a conviction by a unanimous five-
person jury in a trail for a non-petty offense deprives an accused of the right to trial by jury.
