{"id":10122,"date":"2017-12-04T17:27:48","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T17:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=10122"},"modified":"2018-02-12T04:42:54","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T04:42:54","slug":"trial-by-jury-in-criminal-cases-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=10122","title":{"rendered":"Trial by Jury (criminal):"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Although this section contains information pertinent exclusively to <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=6964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criminal proceedings<\/a>, we have also assembled a section which is relevant to both <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=2629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">civil proceedings<\/a> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=6964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criminal proceedings<\/a>:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=9807\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">All About Jury Trials<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #993300;\"><strong>Article III \u00a7 2 Clause 3:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;<span style=\"color: #800000;\">Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed.<\/span>&#8220;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=10119\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sixth Amendment<\/a> <span style=\"color: #993300;\">guarantees:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">the right to a speedy and public trial.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">to be confronted with the witnesses against him<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">trial by jury<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>1. A trial in which the jurors are the judges of the facts and the court is the judge of the law.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #800000;\">State ex rel. <em>Rhodes v Saunders<\/em>, 66 NH 39, 25 A 588<\/span>. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>A matter of constitutional or statutory right to a trial by a legal, proper, fair, and impartial jury drawn from a cross section of the community.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #800000;\">31 Am J Rev ed Jury \u00a7\u00a7 7 et seq.<\/span> <\/strong>[1]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #993300;\">Types of Juries in Criminal Cases:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=10005\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grand Jury<\/a> <\/span>&#8211; usually 16 to 23 people who\u00a0are chosen to sit permanently for at least a month and sometimes a year and who, in ex parte proceedings, decide whether to issue indictments. <\/strong>\u2014 aka <em><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>jury of indictment<\/strong><\/span>.<\/em><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>See<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=4734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Title III Fed. R. Crim. P.<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">References:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Disclaimer:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">All material throughout this website is pertinent to people everywhere, and is being utilized in accordance with <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=2191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fair Use<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">[1]:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=9167\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=9167\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><span style=\"font-size: large;\">with Pronunciations<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Third Edition<\/span><\/strong><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0by James A. 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