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authority type: constitution
jurisdiction: federal_nationwide
publication status: official_constitution_text
precedential status: binding_constitutional_text
subsequent history: Official Constitution Annotated text read 2026-10-30 from a page saved by the owner.
negative treatment status: Not applicable to constitutional text.
material limitations: Constitutional text only; the Constitution Annotated commentary on the page is not cited for any proposition.

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Sixth Amendment

In all criminal prosecutions the accused has the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the State and district where the crime was committed (district previously ascertained by law), to be informed of the accusation, to confrontation, to compulsory process, and to the assistance of counsel.

Constitutional text only; the Constitution Annotated commentary on the page is not cited for any proposition.