0
If you go to trial for a crime the constitution guarantees us ''a jury of your peers'' who are your peers?
Wiki User
∙ 15y ago
There is nothing in the Constitution or Bill of Rights that guarantees a trial by a jury of one's peers. The 6th Amendment refers only to an impartial jury. In fact it does not mention a requirement of 12 jurors not that their decision be unanimous.
Wiki User
∙ 15y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
The constitution guarantees you the right to what type of trial?
by your peers and fast and speedy
This amendment guarantees you a trial by your peers?
There is no Amendment that guarantees a trial by a jury of one's peers. The 6th Amendment guarantees the right of trial by an impartial jury, but not of a jury composed of one's peers.
The constitution guarantees anybody who has committed a crime the right of what?
to party hard
Can a bench trial be held by a misdemeanor or felony?
The Constitution guarantees one can be tried by a jury of one's peers. The right can be waived in any case.
What is the sixth amendment guarantee?
It guarantees a speedy and public trial with a jury of your peers.
In article 3 a person accused of a crime has the right to what type of trial?
In article 3 of the Constitution, a person accused of a crime has the right to a trial by jury. This means that their case will be heard and decided by a group of their peers who will determine their innocence or guilt.
What was the number of the amendment for judged by your peers?
Although people generally BELIEVE this is in the Constitution of the US, it does not say specifically that you are entitled to a trial by "a jury of your peers."What it DOES say (in the Sixth Amendment) is that you are guaranteed the right to "a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed."
What is trial by jury and where is it in the constitution?
Trial by jury is the right of Americans to be tried for their crimes and judged by a jury of their peers. Trial by jury is guaranteed in the 6th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
What are the key constitutional guarantees of a fair trial?
Due process Speedy and public are the key constitutional guarantees of a fair trial. The United States Constitution was ratified on June 21, 1788.
Which rights at trials guaranteed by the US Constitution does not apply to juveniles in juvenile court?
A trial by "a jury of their peers."
Setting of a jury of her peers?
Please tell me a bit more about the question you want answered. Perhaps you are looking for the text of of the 6th Amendment which guarantees "... a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury ..." The Constitution does not specifically promise a trial by jury consisting of the defendant's peers, but does oblige the legal system to do all it can to make sure the jury has no prejudice against the accused.
What is Punishment without trial?
No. The Sixth Amendment of the Constitution guarantees the right to a public trial in criminal cases; the Seventh Amendment guarantees the right to a jury trial in suits at common law, but only in federal court and only certain conditions.The Constitution prohibits punishment without due process. That may or may not involve a trial, depending on circumstances.
