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December 26, 2006 | By Greg Krikorian, Times Staff Writer
In three current high-profile criminal cases, federal prosecutors have asked that the identities of Israeli government witnesses be withheld from defendants and their attorneys -- a move some legal scholars see as a highly unusual end run around the 6th Amendment. Defense attorneys in all three cases have argued, with mixed results, that allowing U.S.
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October 22, 2003 | From a Times Staff Writer
John Allen Muhammad's request that he be allowed to serve as his own attorney was an uncommon legal move. But under the 6th Amendment, criminal defendants have the right to represent themselves -- a right solidified by a 1975 Supreme Court ruling that set a high bar for judges to turn down such requests.