Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Da'quavion Snowden, the convicted killer of Pensacola standout football star Ladarius "LD" Clardy, must have his murder case tried ...

As his colleagues sidestep opportunities, Justice Gorsuch called on the lower courts to give closer heed to criminal defendants’ Sixth Amendment rights.

Since the US Supreme Court’s landmark decision in United States v. Booker in 2005 held that the Sentencing Guidelines are merely advisory, district courts are no longer mandated to impose sentences ...

Highlights The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Villarreal v. Texas adopted a content-based rule, holding that a testifying defendant’s Sixth Amendment right does not include the right to discuss his ...

My name is included on a list of “prominent” names recently released by the Justice Department in the so-called “Epstein Files.” I stand accused of receiving a massage by a woman on Jeffrey Epstein’s ...

If you ever suffer the misfortune of being charged with a serious crime, you will be glad that the Sixth Amendment exists. It contains the minimal requirements necessary to prevent the federal and ...

Zack Smith is a senior legal fellow and manager of the Supreme Court and Appellate Advocacy Program for the Institute for Constitutional Government at The Heritage Foundation. The Sixth Amendment has ...

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BOTTOM LINE: Where a defendant charged with attempted murder tried to cross-examine the victim about his mental health, the trial court did not err in denying this line of questioning. He did not ...