Rights of persons accused

Me. Const. art. I, § 6, under Declaration of Rights.

Me. Const. art. I, § 6

Rights of persons accused

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall have a right to be heard by the accused and counsel to the accused, or either, at the election of the accused;

To demand the nature and cause of the accusation, and have a copy thereof;

To be confronted by the witnesses against the accused;

To have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in favor of the accused;

To have a speedy, public and impartial trial, and, except in trials by martial law or impeachment, by a jury of the vicinity. The accused shall not be compelled to furnish or give evidence against himself or herself, nor be deprived of life, ​liberty, property or privileges, but by judgment of that person's peers or the law of the land.