answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

The Sixth Amendment guarantees the right to a jury trial for criminal proceedings, but not for misdemeanors (even if there are "multiple petty crimes" involved).

The Seventh Amendment allows for a jury trial in civil cases exceeding $20, but is not one of incorporated rights applied to the states under the Fourteenth Amendment. Since federal civil trials are usually for amounts in excess of $75,000, the $20.00 threshold is virtually meaningless in the 21st century.

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

The "Bill of Rights" refers to the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution.

The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads in part as follows:

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed...

Clearly Trial by Jury is guaranteed by the Bill of Rights for criminal cases.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago

its a legal proceeding in which a jury either makes a decision or makes findings of facts which are then applied by a judge

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago

yea pretty much

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Anonymous

Lvl 1
4y ago

Yes

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What is the right to a jury trial?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Which right is protected by the Seventh Amendment?

The right to a jury trial and a fair hearing.


Trial by jury and natural rights?

The right to a trial by jury is a right to all citizens in the United States. The trial by jury is part of the criminal procedure.


What right does the constitution guarantee anybody who has committed a crime?

right to remain silentAdded: The right to an attorney's presence during questioning - the right to a jury trial .The right to a speedy trial


The right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury is guaranteed by?

6th Amendment


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.


In the us citizens have the right to a what trial?

Trial by jury of our peers.a fair trial


Why do you have trial by jury?

It depends on the parties in a case to demand for the Jury Trial. It is the plaintiffs right to demand for the Jury or Judge Trial. If the case is involved trial of a heinous crime or matter of public importance, case will be tried by the Jury.


List the provisions of the 6th amendment concerning the rights of the accused?

Trial by impartial jury, speedy public trial, right to a lawyer, and right meet the lawyer against him/her.


When do you have a trial by judge?

In most cases, you have the right to a trial by jury, but this is not a requirement. In a criminal case, if the defendant opts to have a bench trial, there will be no jury. In a civil case, if neither party requests a jury, it will be a bench trial.


Who established the right to trial by jury?

Voltaire


A defendant has the right to be judged by which of these?

In a jury trial - by a jury of his peers. If the defendant choses a Bench Trial then he will be judged by the Judge.


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.