Criminal Procedure

Right To Due Process

Right To Due Process

1.  No  person  shall  be  held  to  answer  for  a  criminal  offense without due process of law.

2.  In  all  criminal  prosecutions,  the  accused  shall  be  presumed innocent until the contrary is proved, and shall enjoy the right to be heard  by  himself  and  counsel,  TO  BE  INFORMED  OF  THE  NATURE AND CAUSE OF THE ACCUSATION AGAINST HIM, to have a speedy, impartial, and public trial, to meet the witnesses face to face, and to have compulsory process to secure the attendance of witnesses and  the  production  of  evidence  in  his  behalf.  However,  after arraignment, trial may proceed notwithstanding the absence of the accused: Provided, that he has been duly notified and his failure to appear is unjustifiable. 


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