Found in the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Article I-11 of the Nebraska Constitution, the right to a trial by jury is probably the most well-known right of an accused in the U.S. The idea behind a “jury of your peers” is that an accused will not be convicted and sentenced to a lengthy prison term without a group of his/her peers listening to all the testimony, viewing all the evidence and deciding that the defendant is, indeed, guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Topics covered in this report include:
- Right to Confront and Cross-Examine Witnesses
- Right to a Speedy Trial
- Right to Trial by Jury
- Right against Cruel and Unusual Punishment
- Right against Double Jeopardy
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Attorney Petersen was invited to join the National Advocacy for DUI Defense (NAFDD) organization in 2013. NAFDD vets thousands of lawyers and only chooses those who have achieved stellar results in DUI defense cases. Attorney Petersen was named one of the Top 50 defense attorneys in Nebraska out of more than 5,000.
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