 6 th Amendment guarantees jury trial in criminal cases  Exception: Minor cases- jail time less than 6 months  Most cases never get to a jury  Plea bargains!OR  Defendants wave right for a bench trial (judge only)

 Potential jurors selected from voter registration, tax lists, DMV records  Juries should be representative of the community (income, race, gender, age, etc)  Juries for criminal court most often 12 people

 Voir Dire: screening process when potential jurors are questioned by lawyers to try to get the “best” jury  Peremptory challenges: a limited number of times a lawyer may ask to have a potential juror dismissed without reason  Prosecutor cannot show racial bias

 Jury Nullification: If a jury disregards a law they collectively agree to be unfair and refuse to convict the defendant  EX: Refusing to convict someone arrested for marijuana who uses for medicinal reason  Rare Occurrences, but important precedents

 Speedy and Public Trial  Right to Confront Witnesses (Defendant)  Freedom from Self-Incrimination  Right to an Attorney  Right to Appeal (Defendant)