What is the difference between Sixth Amendment rights and Fifth Amendment rights?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Gordon, C056183, No. 04F06813 (Cal. App. 2010):
there is no meaningful distinction between the Sixth Amendment rights addressed in Massiah v. United States (1964) 377 U.S. 201 [12 L.Ed.2d 246] (Massiah) and the Fifth Amendment rights discussed in Rhode Jsland v. Jnnis (1980) 446 U.S. 291, 297 [64 L.Ed.2d 297].
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