In 2014, she proceeded to a nine-week jury trial in New York State ... alleging that the "closed proceeding" violated her Sixth Amendment right to a public trial. The trial court denied the ...

This Court has long explained that the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial is ‘fundamental to the American scheme of justice’ and incorporated against the States under the Fourteenth ...

So the right to a jury trial now in the United States is enshrined in our Constitution. For criminal cases, it's in the Sixth Amendment and for civil cases, where a certain amount of money is at stake ...

Related to the Sixth ... trial on the drug testing and findings of a former colleague, who did not testify, which the defendant's lawyers argued violated the defendant's Sixth Amendment rights.

As a result, Judge Rakoff described section 3E1.1(b) as a “trial penalty” that puts ... places an impermissible burden on the Sixth Amendment right.”[3] Judge Rakoff raised three principal ...

The Sixth Amendment of the Constitution guarantees the right to a fair trial, including the right to a lawyer, an impartial jury, and a public trial. Note: Manning wore a similar if not identical ...

Bryan Kohberger’s attorney has filed a motion asking Ada County District Court to delay the trial for the murder suspect, ...

Proponents said whether a new trial is granted is ultimately at the discretion ... two years before the Supreme Court ruled that it was a violation of the 6th Amendment's guarantee of the right to an ...

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Finally, the motion argues that this case is of statewide and national interest and "cries out for the use of a statewide jury" to ensure Laffitte's Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial before an ...