Da'quavion Snowden, the convicted killer of Pensacola standout football star Ladarius "LD" Clardy, must have his murder case tried again due to a Sixth Amendment violation. Snowden was convicted of ...
BOTTOM LINE: Where a man who was arrested and jailed, after he traveled from the United States to Pakistan with hopes of joining in jihad in Afghanistan, argued the United States violated his Sixth ...
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The promise of the Sixth Amendment, foundational in our democracy, is that no matter who you are — how poor or unpopular, no matter your politics or your personal history — you deserve a skilled, ...
The Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause gives defendants in criminal cases the right to “be confronted with the witnesses against” them. The Supreme Court on Monday morning declined to decide when ...
In a 6-3 ruling last week, the Supreme Court partially dismantled the Constitution’s 6th Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel. This has historically protected prisoners against wrongful ...
FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - An appellant’s brief filed with the North Dakota Supreme Court is claiming that the 6th amendment was violated in the trial of Spencer Moen, who was found guilty of ...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals roasted Oregon’s failing public defense system in an opinion Friday, siding with a federal judge who previously ruled that defendants held in jail for more than ...
On Oct. 6 in Villarreal v. Texas, the court will consider whether a trial court may prevent a criminal defense lawyer from talking to his client about the client’s ongoing testimony during an ...