Right to Counsel
The Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution give criminal defendants the right to counsel, or in other words, to be represented by an attorney in most criminal proceedings. However, it is important to understand how far the right to counsel reaches, as well as its limitations. This section has information on the types of proceedings and situations in which someone is entitled to an attorney, plus what this right guarantees. Click on the links below for more in-depth information:
Right to Counsel Articles
- Are You Entitled to a Court-Appointed Attorney?
- Invoking the Right to Counsel
- Judicial Proceedings and Custodial Interrogation
- Lineups and Other Identification Situations
- Post-Conviction Proceedings
- Right to Assistance of Counsel: First Appeal
- The 6th Amendment's Confrontation Clause
- The Miranda Case and the Right to Counsel
- The Right to Adequate Representation
- The Right to Counsel
- U.S. Constitution: Sixth Amendment
- What the Sixth Amendment Guarantees
- Your Rights with Police