Sixth Amendment

Case	Docket Number	Date Argued	Date Decided	Appealed From	Outcome	Vote	Authoring Justice	Topics
Berghuis v. Thompkins	08-1470	03/01/2010		United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit				Sixth Amendment Miranda
Briscoe v. Virginia	07-11191	01/11/2010	01/25/2010	Supreme Court of Virginia	In a per curiam opinion, the justices vacated and remanded the lower court's decision.	Per curiam		Sixth Amendment Confrontation clause
Danforth v. Minnesota	06-8273	10/31/2007	02/20/2008	Minnesota Supreme Court		7-2	John Paul Stevens	retroactivity Federalism Confrontation clause evidence constitutional criminal procedure Teague v. Lane testimony Sixth Amendment videotaped testimony
Giles v. California	07-6053	04/22/2008	06/25/2008	California Supreme Court		6-3	Antonin Scalia	witnesses Sixth Amendment forfeiture evidence Confrontation clause
Harrington v. Richter	09-587			United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit				Sixth Amendment
Indiana v. Edwards	07-208	03/26/2008	06/19/2008	Supreme Court of Indiana		7-2	Stephen G. Breyer	Sixth Amendment self-representation pro se representation competence
Oregon v. Ice	07-901	10/14/2008	01/14/2009	Supreme Court of Oregon		5-4	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	Sixth Amendment Sentencing
Padilla v. Kentucky	08-651	10/13/2009		Supreme Court of Kentucky				Sixth Amendment ineffective assistance of counsel Deportation
Rothgery v. Gillespie County, TX	07-440	03/17/2008	06/23/2008	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit		8-1	David H. Souter	Sixth Amendment Right to counsel adversarial proceeding

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