chapter 4 - amendments

fourth amendment

• protection from illegal search and seizure

  • consent search or search warrant needed

fifth amendment

1. protection from self-incrimination - miranda rights

2. guarantees right to grand jury

3. protection from double jeopardy

sixth amendment

right to a speedy trial

• public trial with impartial jury

• right to be informed of the nature of the charges

• right to confront witnessed against them (cross-examine)

• right to an attorney

eighth amendment

protection from cruel and unusual punishment 

• sentencing must fit the crime

fourteenth amendment

vehicle used to apply the protection of the Bill of Rights

• due process - set standards and guidelines for fair procedure in the CJS

  • substantive due process- citizen’s right to be protected from laws that may be biased, discriminatory, or unfair

  • procedural due process- seeks to ensure no person will be deprived life, liberty, or property without proper and legal criminal process