AJ 014 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hung Jury, Jury Trial, Subpoena
2 Oct 2020
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Right to public trial by an impartial jury. A person is guaranteed a jury trial by the sixth amendment in federal court in criminal cases only. States must also apply sixth amendment right through fourteenth amendment. Have a right whenever case is criminal: duncan v. louisiana, facts: 1968 during civil rights movement in. Lousiana - a black man, duncan, met up with white boys. Guarantee for jury trial under sixth amendment: do states have to conform under the fourteenth amendment and guarantee ds charged with a crime sixth amendment right to jury trial. When you might want bench rather than jury trial: case with gory photos bc jurors too emotional, jurys are highly unpredictable. Jury to be drawn from district where crime was committed. D must show the accusations against him. Prohibits cruel and unusual punishment and excessive bail. The nature and scope of due process; the applicability of the bill of rights to the.
