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Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires U.S. states to provide attorneys to criminal defendants who are unable to afford their own.
Standard for ineffective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment: Members of the City Council of the City of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent: 466 U.S. 789 (1984) First Amendment regulation of posting of campaign signs Waller v. Georgia: 467 U.S. 39 (1984) Sixth Amendment right to a public trial South-Central Timber Development, Inc ...
Barker v. Wingo, 407 U.S. 514 (1972), was a United States Supreme Court case involving the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, specifically the right of defendants in criminal cases to a speedy trial. The Court held that determinations of whether or not the right to a speedy trial has been violated must be made on a case-by-case basis ...
Massiah v. United States, 377 U.S. 201 (1964), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the government from eliciting statements from the defendant about themselves after the point that the Sixth Amendment right to counsel attaches.
Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, 597 U.S. 507 (2022) The firing of a public high school football coach for saying a prayer on the field violated his First Amendment rights. The Court announced that the Lemon test from the landmark case of Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971) had been abandoned by the Court in
differences between the rights secured by the Fifth Amendment and the Sixth Amendment: Florida v. Bostick: 501 U.S. 429 (1991) random bus searches routinely conducted pursuant to passenger's consent Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc. 501 U.S. 560 (1991) First Amendment and the restriction of nude dancing Cohen v. Cowles Media Co. 501 U.S. 663 (1991)
Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision that reformulated the standard for determining when the admission of hearsay statements in criminal cases is permitted under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment.
Brewer v. Williams, 430 U.S. 387 (1977), is a decision by the United States Supreme Court that clarifies what constitutes "waiver" of the right to counsel for the purposes of the Sixth Amendment.