What is Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution?
{{US Constitution article series}} Created on December 15, 1791, the '''Sixth Amendment''' ('''Amendment VI''') to the [[United States Constitution]] is a part of the [[United States Bill of Rights]]. It provides many [[wikt:protection|protection]]s and [[rights]] to those [[wikt:accused|accused]] of a [[crime]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/page/Sixth-Amendment |title=Sixth Amendment |publisher=Annenberg Classroom |access-date=7 February 2016}}</ref> Among the provisions are the right to a [[lawyer]], the right to a speedy public [[trial]] and the right to an [[Impartiality|impartial jury]].<ref name=6thLRI>{{cite web |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/sixth_amendment |title=Sixth Amendment |publisher=Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School |access-date=7 February 2016}}</ref> It gives [[defendant]]s the right to know who his (or her) [[wikt:accuse|accuse]]rs are.<ref name=6thLRI/> It also give the defendant the right to know the [[Indictment|charges]] and [[evidence]] against him.<ref name=6thLRI/> == Text == {{cquote|In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the [[US states|State]] and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defence.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights_transcript.html |title=Bill of Rights |publisher=The National Archives |access-date=7 February 2016}}</ref>}} == Rights == === To counsel === {{center|“He who represents himself has a fool for a client,” [[Abraham Lincoln]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aips.com/he-who-represents-himself-has-a-fool-for-a-client/ |title=He who represents himself has a fool for a client |publisher