Throughout most of our nation’s history, the three broad constitutional provisions dealing with trial by jury had little applicability in state courts. The U.S. Constitution applied only to trials in federal courts. These practices changed dramatically, however, when the Supreme Court decided Duncan v. Louisiana (1968), ruling that the jury provisions of the Sixth Amendment were incorporated by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to apply to state courts, as well. Subsequent decisions grappled with the problem of defining the precise meaning of the right to trial by jury. The most important issues concerned the scope of the right to a jury trial, the size of the jury, and unanimous versus nonunanimous verdicts.
-Calvin is arrested for breaking and entering and assault with a weapon.If convicted, he faces a potential sentence total of five years in prison or 10 years on probation.His attorney recommends he take a plea bargain offering him one year in prison.If he goes to trial which of the following rights does he have?

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Throughout most of our nation’s history, the three broad constitutional provisions dealing with trial by jury had little applicability in state courts. The U.S. Constitution applied only to trials in federal courts. These practices changed dramatically, however, when the Supreme Court decided Duncan v. Louisiana (1968), ruling that the jury provisions of the Sixth Amendment were incorporated by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to apply to state courts, as well.  Subsequent decisions grappled with the problem of defining the precise meaning of the right to trial by jury. The most important issues concerned the scope of the right to a jury trial, the size of the jury, and unanimous versus nonunanimous verdicts.
-Calvin is arrested for breaking and entering and assault with a weapon.If convicted, he faces a potential sentence total of five years in prison or 10 years on probation.His attorney recommends he take a plea bargain offering him one year in prison.If he goes to trial which of the following rights does he have?

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The right to a jury trial is guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Both options of a plea bargain or a trial are available to Calvin, but if he chooses to go to trial, he has the right to a trial by jury. However, the other options listed (A, B, and C) are not relevant to this scenario or are not accurate statements of a defendant's rights in a trial.

Throughout Most of Our Nation’s History, the Three Broad Constitutional