1.) Explain the fundamental protections available to a defendant under the Sixth Amendment related to the concepts of a speedy trial, an impartial jury, the role of the jury, and the right to face one's accusers.

2.) case brief of Ballew v. Georgia.

a.) Facts of the Case

b.) Procedural History

c.) Issue(s)

d.) Decision by the Court

e.) Reasoning and Rule of Law Applied by the Court

f.) Analysis and Importance of the Case

3.) case brief of Burch v. Louisiana.

a.) Facts of the Case

b.) Procedural History

c.) Issue(s)

d.) Decision by the Court

e.) Reasoning and Rule of Law Applied by the Court

f.) Analysis and Importance of the Case

4.) Analyze the reasoning behind the U.S. Supreme Court's holding in Ballew v. Georgia and Burch v. Louisiana that a conviction by a unanimous five-person jury in a trial for a non-petty offense deprives an accused of the right to trial by jury.

least three credible, relevant, and appropriate academic sources