Scholars believe the Fifth Amendment as competent of breaking down into five separate constitutional privileges. These include grand juries for capital offenses, a ban on double jeopardy, prevention against compulsory self-incrimination, an assurance that all criminal defendants will have a just trial, and an assurance that the government will not take private property without paying fair market worth. Although the Fifth Amendment initially only concerned federal courts, the U.S. Supreme Court has construed the Fifth Amendment's requirements as currently pertaining to the states by way of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment (Fifth Amendment, n.d.). In this case Victor Violent would be protected from testify against himself in his aggravated assault trial because of his Fifth Amendment protections. In all criminal proceedings, the accused has the right to a speedy and open trial, by an unbiased jury of the State and district in which the crime was allegedly carried out, which district shall have been previously set down by law, and to be informed of the nature and grounds of the accusation; to be dealt with the witness against him; to have necessary process for getting witness in his favor, and to have a lawyer for his defense (Sixth Amendment, 2010). The Sixth Amendment, which is relevant to the states by way of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, promises a criminal defendant a fundamental freedom to be clearly told of the character and grounds of the charges against them. In order to figure out whether a person has received constitutionally sufficient notice, the court looks originally to the knowledge. The major reason of the knowledge is to make available the person with an explanation of the accusations against him in adequate facts to facilitate him to organize his argument (Sixth...

The Sixth Amendment promises a criminal defendant the basic liberty to be unquestionably told of the nature and course of the allegations in order to sanction sufficient foundation of a defense. The notice circumstance of the Sixth Amendment is contained in the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and is entirely suitable to the states. An indicted has a primary liberty to be obviously told of the character and cause of the accusations in order to allow sufficient groundwork of a defense. Therefore, Due process enables an indicted to know the accusations against which he must guard in order to have a practical chance to arrange and present a defense and not be surprised at trial (Sixth Amendment, 2010). Because of the sixth amendment, Victor Violent would be guaranteed a speedy trial in which he would be clearly told of the charges against him. He would also have the right to question those witnesses that testify against him. These would be the witnesses that were at the scene of the crime and told the police about him leaving the scene with the gun in the red Honda.
In this case it would be important for the defense to establish that Victor Violent shot Harry Helpless in self-defense because he rationally believed that this is what was required for the protection of him against the eminent use of the knife by Harry Helpless. The law says that a person can use no more power than emerges practically essential under the particular conditions. Force probable to result in death or vast bodily injury is acceptable in self-defense only if an individual rationally thinks that such power is essential to avoid fatality or great bodily harm. Victor would be justified in shooting Harry if it could be proven that Victor believed that Harry stabbing him was going to result in great bodily harm.