trial

Examples of trial in the following topics:

• The Sixth Amendment

  • 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, 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 defense.
  • Largest Murder Trial in the History of the United States.
  • Scene during Court Martial of 64 members of the 24th Infantry United States of America on trial for mutiny and murder of 17 people at Houston, Texas August 23, 1917.
  • Trial held in Gift Chapel Fort Sam Houston.
  • Trial started November 1, 1917, Brigadier General George K.

• U.S. Court of Appeals

  • The U.S. courts of appeals review the decisions made in trial courts and often serve as the final arbiter in federal cases.
  • These twelve circuit courts decide whether or not the district courts within their geographic jurisdiction have made an error in conducting a trial .
  • These judges base their decision on the record of the case established by the trial court or agency.
  • The appellant presents a document called a brief, which lays out the legal arguments to persuade the judge that the trial court made an error.
  • Meanwhile, the party defending against the appeal, known as the apellee, also presents a brief presenting reasons the trial court decision is correct or why an error made by the trial court is not significant enough to reverse the decision.

• U.S. District Courts

  • The United States district courts are the trial courts within the U.S. federal court system.
  • The U.S. district courts are responsible for holding general trials for civil and criminal cases.
  • Most defendants will plead guilty at this point instead of going to trial.
  • Those defendants who plead not guilty will be scheduled to receive a later trial.
  • While district courts are the primary trial courts within the U.S., two special trial courts exist outside of the district court system.

• The Sixth Amendment and Jury Trials

  • Even where multiple petty offenses are concerned, the total time of imprisonment possibly exceeding six months, the right to a jury trial does not exist.
  • Originally, the Supreme Court held that the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial indicated a right to "a trial by jury as understood and applied at common law, and includes all the essential elements as they were recognized in this country and England when the Constitution was adopted."
  • When, under the Fourteenth Amendment, the Supreme Court extended the right to a trial by jury to defendants in state courts, it re-examined some of the standards.
  • Although on the basis of history and precedent the Sixth Amendment mandates unanimity in a federal jury trial, the Supreme Court has ruled that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, while requiring States to provide jury trials for serious crimes, does not incorporate all the elements of a jury trial within the meaning of the Sixth Amendment and does not require jury unanimity.
  • (Dec. 23, 2008) Legalman 1st Class Christie Richardson, a trial services legalman assigned to Region Legal Service Office Midwest makes an opening statement for the prosecution to a jury during a mock trial.

• The Seventh Amendment

  • The Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution, part of the original Bill of Rights, codifies the right to a jury trial in certain civil cases, and asserts that cases may not be re-examined by another court.
  • In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

• Impeachment and Removal from Office

  • Trial by the other house is analogous to the trial before judge and jury in regular courts.
  • Typically, the lower house of the legislature will impeach the official and the upper house will conduct the trial.
  • These managers are roughly the equivalent of the prosecution/district attorney in a standard criminal trial.
  • The House members, who are given the collective title of managers during the course of the trial, present the prosecution case.
  • The Senate as a Court of Impeachment for the Trial of Andrew Johnson

• Article III

  • The 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.

• The Bill of Rights

  • The Sixth Amendment sets out rights of the accused of a crime: a trial by jury, a speedy trial, a public trial, the right to face the accusers, and the right to counsel.
  • The Seventh Amendment protects the right to a trial by jury for civil trials.

• Ratification of the Constitution

  • Amendment 6: Establishes rights to a fair and speedy public trial, to a notice of accusations, to confront the accuser, to subpoenas, and to counsel.
  • Amendment 7: Provides for the right to trial by jury in civil cases.

• The Rights of the Accused

  • The rights of the accused include the right to a fair trial; due process; and the right to privacy.
  • The rights of the accused, include the right to a fair trial; due process; the right to seek redress or a legal remedy; and rights of participation in civil society and politics such as freedom of association, the right to assemble, the right to petition, the right of self-defense, and the right to vote.
  • First-generation rights include, among other things, freedom of speech, the right to a fair trial, freedom of religion and voting rights.