Criminal Rights Criminal Rights Balzac v. Porto Rico (1922): Does a criminal defendant in a United States territory like Puerto Rico have a right to a jury trial? Betts v. Brady (1942): Does a poor criminal defendant have a right to a defense attorney paid for by the government? Gideon v. Wainwright (1963): Does a poor criminal defendant have a right to a defense attorney paid for by the government? Miranda v. Arizona (1966): Does a criminal defendant have a right to be told about the right to remain silent and the right to an attorney before being interrogated in custody? Faretta v. California (1975): Does a criminal defendant have a right to refuse defense counsel paid for by the government, and to represent him or herself? Taylor v. Louisiana (1975): Does a male criminal defendant have a right to have women included on the jury deciding the case? Woodson v. North Carolina (1976): Does a criminal convicted of first degree murder have a right to not be mandatorily sentenced to death? Coker v. Georgia (1977): Does a criminal convicted of rape have a right to not be sentenced to death? Beck v. Alabama (1980): Does a criminal convicted of murder have a right to avoid a sentence of death, if the jury was not permitted to consider a penalty less than death? Ford v. Wainwright (1986): Does a criminal convicted of murder and sentenced to death have a right to avoid execution if he becomes insane after sentencing? Nix v. Whiteside (1986): Does a criminal defendant have a right for their attorney to help them lie at trial? Coy v. Iowa (1988): Does a criminal defendant have a right to see a witness who is present in court? Atkins v. Virginia (2002): Does a mentally retarded criminal convicted of murder have a right to not be sentenced to death? Roper v. Simmons (2005): Does a minor convicted of murder have a right to not be sentenced to death? Oregon v. Guzek (2006): Does a criminal convicted of murder have a right to introduce new evidence not presented at trial? United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez (2006): Is a criminal defendant only entitled to a competent counsel, or to the specific counsel desired? Graham v. Florida (2010): Does a minor convicted of a crime less than murder have a right to be sentenced with the possibility of parole? Miller v. Alabama (2012): Does a minor convicted of murder have a right to not be mandatorily sentenced to death? Madison v. Alabama (2019): Does a criminal whose dementia makes him have no memory of committing the murder for which he was convicted have a right to not be executed? Ramos v. Louisiana (2020): Ramos v. Louisiana (2020): Does a criminal defendant have a right to be convicted only by a unanimous jury? Jones v. Mississippi (2021): Does a minor convicted of murder have a right to be found permanently incorrigible before being sentenced to life without parole? Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon (2024): Does a criminal defendant have a right that each of several criminal charges be individually based on probable cause? City of Grants Pass v. Johnson (2024): Does a homeless person have a right to camp on public property without being prosecuted? Return to all the Supreme Court cases.