U.S. Constitution, Sixth Amendment

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amendment to the United States Constitution constitutional amendment

The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees criminal defendants rights such as a speedy and public trial, an impartial jury, notice of accusations, confrontation of witnesses, compulsory process for obtaining witnesses, and the assistance of counsel.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution	49
Sixth Amendment	9
Confrontation Clause	8
Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution	2
United States Constitution Sixth Amendment	2
Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause	1
Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial	1
The Sixth Amendment right to appointed counsel applies to a defendant given a suspended sentence that may lead to incarceration upon violation of probation.	1
U.S. Constitution, Amendment VI	1
U.S. Constitution, Sixth Amendment canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T371047 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: U.S. Constitution, Sixth Amendment
Context triple: [Miranda v. Arizona, constitutionalProvisionInterpreted, U.S. Constitution, Sixth Amendment]

A. Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution is a key component of the Bill of Rights that protects individuals against self-incrimination, double jeopardy, and deprivation of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.
B. Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects individuals against unreasonable searches and seizures by the government, requiring warrants to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause.
C. Due Process Clause
The Due Process Clause is a constitutional guarantee in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments that prohibits the government from depriving individuals of life, liberty, or property without fair legal procedures and fundamental fairness.
D. Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, which guarantee fundamental civil liberties and protections for individuals against government power.
E. Fourteenth Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment is a key post–Civil War addition to the U.S. Constitution that guarantees citizenship, due process, and equal protection under the law, forming the foundation of many modern civil rights protections.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: U.S. Constitution, Sixth Amendment
Target entity description: The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees criminal defendants rights such as a speedy and public trial, an impartial jury, notice of accusations, confrontation of witnesses, compulsory process for obtaining witnesses, and the assistance of counsel.

A. Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution is a key component of the Bill of Rights that protects individuals against self-incrimination, double jeopardy, and deprivation of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.
B. Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects individuals against unreasonable searches and seizures by the government, requiring warrants to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause.
C. Due Process Clause
The Due Process Clause is a constitutional guarantee in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments that prohibits the government from depriving individuals of life, liberty, or property without fair legal procedures and fundamental fairness.
D. Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, which guarantee fundamental civil liberties and protections for individuals against government power.
E. Fourteenth Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment is a key post–Civil War addition to the U.S. Constitution that guarantees citizenship, due process, and equal protection under the law, forming the foundation of many modern civil rights protections.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ constitutional amendment ⓘ
adoptedAsPartOf	Bill of Rights ⓘ
appliedToStatesBy	Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ linked to: Fourteenth Amendment
appliesTo	criminal prosecutions ⓘ federal criminal prosecutions ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
guaranteesRight	assistance of counsel ⓘ compulsory process for obtaining witnesses ⓘ confrontation of witnesses ⓘ impartial jury ⓘ notice of the nature and cause of the accusation ⓘ public trial ⓘ speedy trial ⓘ trial by an impartial jury of the State and district where the crime was committed ⓘ
incorporatedThrough	Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ linked to: Due Process Clause
interpretedByCase	Barker v. Wingo ⓘ Batson v. Kentucky ⓘ Crawford v. Washington ⓘ Duncan v. Louisiana ⓘ Gideon v. Wainwright ⓘ Powell v. Alabama ⓘ Strickland v. Washington ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal government of the United States ⓘ linked to: United States government
language	English ⓘ
legalDomain	United States constitutional law ⓘ
partOf	United States Bill of Rights ⓘ linked to: Bill of Rights United States Constitution ⓘ
proposedDate	September 25, 1789 ⓘ
protects	right to be confronted with the witnesses against the accused ⓘ right to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation ⓘ right to compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in favor of the accused ⓘ right to have the Assistance of Counsel for defense ⓘ
ratifiedDate	December 15, 1791 ⓘ
ratifiedWith	Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Second Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Third Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
requires	jury drawn from the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed ⓘ jury selected from district previously ascertained by law ⓘ
subject	criminal procedure ⓘ rights of the accused ⓘ
textBeginsWith	In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial ⓘ

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Referenced by (75)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Miranda v. Arizona → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → U.S. Constitution, Sixth Amendment ⓘ

Gideon v. Wainwright → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ