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	Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Amendment VI (the Sixth Amendment) of the United States Constitution codifies rights related to criminal prosecutions in federal courts.
		The Sixth Amendment extends the rule by requiring trials to occur in districts ascertained by statute.
		A defendant has, under the Sixth Amendment, the right to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation against him.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sixth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution (1506 words)

	Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This amendment prohibits both the federal government and the state governments from using an age greater than 18 as a qualification for voting.
		Congress and the state legislatures felt increasing pressure to pass the Constitutional amendment because of the Vietnam War, in which many young men who were ineligible to vote were conscripted to fight, and died.
		The amendment passed through Congress when it was reintroduced by Randolph in 1971, and within months passed three-fourths of the state legislatures, quicker than any other amendment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Twenty-sixth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution (464 words)

	ELS - ERD - Law By Country - United States Substantive Law - Constitution of the United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Amendment X. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
		The amendment was rejected (and not subsequently ratified) by Oklahoma in June 1947, and Massachusetts on June 9, 1949.
		The amendment was rejected by Mississippi (and not subsequently ratified) on December 20, 1962.
	www.law.emory.edu /FEDERAL/usconst/amend.html (2848 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Amendment II (the Second Amendment) of the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, declares the necessity for a well regulated militia, and prohibits infringement of the right of the people to keep and bear arms.
		Amendment XVII (the Seventeenth Amendment) of the United States Constitution proposed on May 13, 1912 and ratified on April 8, 1913 and first in effect for the election of 1914, amends Article 1 Section 3 of the Constitution to provide for the direct election of Senators by the people of...
		Amendment XXV (the Twenty-fifth Amendment) of the United States Constitution clarifies an ambiguous provision of the Constitution regarding succession to the Presidency, and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President as well as responding to Presidential disabilities.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sixth-Amendment-to-the-United-States-Constitution (4965 words)

	FindLaw: U.S. Constitution: Amendments
		The amendment was rejected (and not subsequently ratified) by Kentucky, Maryland, and Tennessee.
		The amendment was rejected by Georgia on July 24, 1919; by Alabama on September 22, 1919; by South Carolina on January 29, 1920; by Virginia on February 12, 1920; by Maryland on February 24, 1920; by Mississippi on March 29, 1920; by Louisiana on July 1, 1920.
		This amendment was subsequently ratified by Virginia in 1952, Alabama in 1953, Florida in 1969, and Georgia and Louisiana in 1970.
	caselaw.lp.findlaw.com /data/constitution/amendments.html (3842 words)

	Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees rights related to criminal prosecutions in federal courts.
		The Supreme Court has ruled that these rights are so fundamental and important that they are protected in state courts by the Fourteenth Amendment 's due process clause.
		Zerbst (1938), the Supreme Court ruled that in all federal cases, counsel would have to be appointed for defendants who were to poor to hire their own.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Sixth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution.html (1265 words)

	Legal Definition of Sixth Amendment
		The Sixth Amendment, which is applicable to the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, see In re Oliver, 333 U.S. 257, 273-74 (1948), guarantees a criminal defendant a fundamental right to be clearly informed of the nature and cause of the charges against him.
		The Sixth Amendment guarantees a criminal defendant the fundamental right to be clearly informed of the nature and course of the charges in order to permit adequate preparation of a defense.
		The notice provision of the Sixth Amendment is incorporated within the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and is fully applicable to the states.
	www.lectlaw.com /def2/s107.htm (640 words)

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		As the Sixth Amendment right to counsel had not attached to the uncharged extraneous offense, the police were entitled to investigate that offense, and the State should be allowed to use that evidence in any proceeding brought against the defendant.
		Federal cases in the Seventh and Eleventh Circuits have held that the Sixth Amendment does not bar admission, at the trial for the charged offense, of statements that constitute a present crime or address a crime to be committed in the future.
		Kidd, the Fourth Circuit held that the Sixth Amendment was not violated by the introduction of an extraneous offense (elicited by an undercover agent after indictment in the primary case) at the sentencing phase of trial for the charged offense.
	www.cca.courts.state.tx.us /opinions/73431b.htm (1592 words)

	FindLaw Constitutional Law Center: U.S. Constitution: Sixth Amendment: Annotations pg. 11 of 11
		Illinois,260 the Court held that preindictment interrogation was a violation of the Sixth Amendment.
		Arizona261 switched from reliance on the Sixth Amendment to the Fifth Amendment's self-incrimination clause, although that case still placed great emphasis upon police warnings with regard to counsel and foreclosure of interrogation in the absence of counsel without a valid waiver by defendant.
		Gouveia, 467 U.S. (1984) (Sixth Amendment attaches as of arraignment--there is no right to counsel for prison inmates placed under administrative segregation during a lengthy investigation of their participation in prison crimes).
	supreme.lp.findlaw.com /constitution/amendment06/11.html (2497 words)

	SIXTH AMENDMENT IMPLICATIONS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTACT WITH CORPORATE EXECUTIVES
		We conclude that such contacts violate the Sixth Amendment when criminal charges have been filed, but that law enforcement contacts of this nature do not contravene the Sixth Amendment when civil penalty proceedings are in progress.
		Accordingly, when law enforcement officials question high-ranking corporate executives after the initiation of formal criminal proceedings, the Sixth Amendment dictates that -- absent a valid waiver of the right to counsel -- all statements made by corporate executives are inadmissible against the corporation at a criminal trial.
		See Moulton, 474 U.S. at 180 ("[T]o exclude evidence pertaining to charges as to which the Sixth Amendment right to counsel had not attached at the time the evidence was obtained, simply because other charges were pending at that time, would unnecessarily frustrate the public's interest in the investigation of criminal activities.").
	www.usdoj.gov /olc/garland.htm (1644 words)

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		Adams, 345 N.C. Once the Sixth Amendment attaches and is invoked, the defendant may not be approached by law enforcement officers to be questioned on the Sixth Amendment charges.
		Illinois, 487 U.S. There are two exceptions to the rule: 1) law enforcement officers may question the defendant about the Sixth Amendment charges if the defendant calls for a meeting with the officers; and 2) law enforcement officers may initiate the meeting if the defendant's attorney is present during the interrogation.
		In other words, the fact that the burglary (for which Sixth Amendment rights had attached and had been invoked) was closely connected to the murders is not disparities.
	www.jus.state.nc.us /NCJA/cobb.htm (811 words)

	The Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin,The - Find Articles
		The Sixth Amendment provides a list of protections available to the accused in "all criminal prosecutions." [2] The list includes, among other protections, the right to the assistance of counsel.
		The primary purpose of the Sixth Amendment is to ensure a fair prosecution.
		Consequently, once the Sixth Amendment right to counsel has attached, the accused and defense counsel have the right to be notified of an intended lineup concerning the charged offense and, the lineup cannot be conducted absent the presence of defense counsel or an intelligent waiver executed by the accused.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2194/is_7_70/ai_77417465 (838 words)

	Annotated Constitution pg 1443
		The protection, however, is not as broad under the Sixth Amendment as it is under the Fifth.
		Therefore, while a defendant who has invoked his Sixth Amendment right to counsel with respect to the offense for which he is being prosecuted may not waive that right, he may waive his Miranda-based right not to be interrogated about unrelated and uncharged offenses.
		And, while the basis for the Sixth Amendment exclusionary rule--to protect the right to a fair trial--differs from that of the Fourth Amendment rule--to deter illegal police conduct--exceptions to the Fourth Amendment's exclusionary rule can apply as well to the Sixth.
	www.eco.freedom.org /ac92/ac92pg1443.shtml (452 words)

	The Constitution of the United States
		If after such reconsideration, two thirds of that house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of that house, it shall become a law.
		AMENDMENT II A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
		AMENDMENT IX The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
	www.constitution.org /usconsti.htm (4078 words)

	Hearsay Convictions at Guantanamo
		The Pentagon’s decision to admit hearsay evidence at its military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay flies in the face of one of the most important principles in the administration of criminal justice — the right to confront one’s accuser and cross-examine him in the presence of the jury.
		In fact, our American ancestors deemed the principle so important that they included it in the Sixth Amendment: “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right...
		Our ancestors believed not, which is why they insisted on the passage of the Sixth Amendment.
	www.fff.org /comment/com0409b.asp (450 words)

	Legal Commentary on Recent Judicial Decisions - North Carolina Justice Academy - April 1997
		The trial court granted the motion, finding that the defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel had attached upon the filing of the civil abuse petition.
		The legal term for a defendant gaining the Sixth Amendment right is “attachment.” A defendant who has or is appointed a lawyer is said to have “invoked” the Sixth Amendment right to counsel.
		In a legal “dipsy-doodle”, the Court of Appeals found that the civil abuse petition triggered the Sixth Amendment because at the point of filing the petition Adams “face[d] the prosecutorial forces of organized society.” 122 N.C. App.
	www.jus.state.nc.us /NCJA/adams.htm (847 words)

	The United States Constitution - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net
		The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
		In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
		Amendment XXIII - Presidential Vote for District of Columbia.
	www.usconstitution.net /const.html (5195 words)

	Sixth Amendment Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The speedy trial clause of the Sixth Amendment applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment and was selectively incorporated in the 1967 case of Klopfer v.
		This stringent set of protections goes beyond what the Supreme Court thinks is fair, and this area of Sixth Amendment jurisprudence is one of the few areas where there is a hotly contested interpretive battle going on between two branches of government.
		Heller, F. The Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the U.S. Westport: Greenwood.
	faculty.ncwc.edu /toconnor/410/410lect14.htm (2985 words)

	Sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Sixth Amendment of Bunreacht na hÉireann, the constitution of the Republic of Ireland, ensured that certain adoption orders would not be found to be unconstitutional because they had not been made by a court.
		It was effected by the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution (Adoption) Act, 1979 which was approved by referendum on 5 July 1979 and signed into law on the 3 August 1979 of the same year.
		The Sixth Amendment was introduced by a Fianna Fáil government but was supported by every other major political party and not controversial.
	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Sixth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland (1764 words)

	Sixth Amendment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution - part of the Bill of Rights.
		Sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland - ensured that certain adoption orders would not be found to be unconstitutional because they had not been made by a court.
		Proposes the repeal of the 17th Amendment of the Constitution and an amendment to address fiscal accountability.
	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Sixth_amendment (1714 words)

	a Public Defender: Sixth Amendment
		That the Sixth Amendment requires appointment of counsel in "all criminal prosecutions" is clear, both from the language of the Amendment and from this Court's interpretation.
		The Betts court refused to accept the contention that the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of counsel for indigent federal defendants was extended to or, in the words of that Court, "made obligatory upon the States by the Fourteenth Amendment." The Gideon court concluded
		Plainly, had the Court concluded that appointment of counsel for an indigent criminal defendant was "a fundamental right, essential to a fair trial." it would have held that the Fourteenth Amendment requires appointment of counsel in a state court, just as the Sixth Amendment requires in a federal court.
	publicdefender.typepad.com /public_defender_blog/sixth_amendment/index.html (3868 words)

	Genocide '83 - Sixth Amendment Unseats Tamil MPs
		The Sixth Amendment to the Constitution was rushed through Parliament and gave effect to the 'response' of the government of Sri Lanka to the July attack on the Tamils.
		It was, however, an Amendment which violated Article 25 of the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights - a Convention which Sri Lanka had ratified.
		The freedom to express political opinions, to seek to persuade others of their merits, to seek to have them represented in Parliament, and thereafter seek Parliament to give effect to them, are all fundamental to democracy itself.
	www.tamilnation.org /indictment/genocide83/gen23.htm (433 words)

	NESARA-Constitution of the United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.
		The first ten amendments, properly known as the Bill of Rights, were proposed and sent to the States by the first session of the First Congress.
		ARTICLES in addition to, and Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress, and ratified by the Legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the fifth Article of the Original Constitution.
	www.nesara.org /articles/constitution.htm (4452 words)

	Sample Contracts - Interactive Services Agreement [Amendment No. 6] - America Online Inc. and iVillage Inc. - ...
		The terms of this Sixth Amendment supersede provisions in the Agreement only to the extent that the terms of this Sixth Amendment and the Agreement expressly conflict.
		This Sixth Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same document.
		This Sixth Amendment, and amendments and modifications hereof, may be executed by facsimile.
	contracts.onecle.com /ivillage/aol.svc6.2001.02.28.shtml (457 words)

	Sixth Amendment - Ask.com Web Search
		Under the Sixth Amendment, the accused has a right “to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor.” A criminal defendant...
		Andrea Pia Yates and the Sixth Amendment
		Andrea Pia Yate's Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial by an impartial jury, has been damaged beyond repair.
	web.ask.com /web?o=8001&qsrc=6&q=Sixth+Amendment (287 words)

	TamilNet: Sixth Amendment threat looms over peace talks
		The Sixth Amendment was introduced on the heels of the 1983 July anti Tamil pogrom in which thousands of Tamils were killed and maimed by state backed Sinhala mobs in Colombo and the Sinhala majority districts of the island.
		The TULF was elected to Parliament in 1977 from the on an overwhelming mandate from the Tamils of the island’s northeast for establishing a separate state for the Tamils in Sri Lanka.
		A committee of legal experts appointed by the PA when it came to power in 1994 to inquire into reforming media laws recommended that the sixth amendment be reviewed as it is a major stricture on the freedom of expression in Sri Lanka.
	www.tamilnet.com /art.html?catid=13&artid=7441 (776 words)

	Pentagon Learns About the Sixth Amendment
		[The assistance of counsel] is one of the safeguards of the Sixth Amendment deemed necessary to insure fundamental human rights of life and liberty.
		Omitted from the Constitution as originally adopted, provisions of this and other Amendments were submitted by the first Congress convened under that Constitution as essential barriers against arbitrary or unjust deprivation of human rights.
		While the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in the Hamdi case related specifically to Hamdi himself, it is settled law in America that the government is required to apply the constitutional principles set forth in Supreme Court decisions in same or similar cases.
	www.fff.org /comment/com0407h.asp (849 words)

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