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Section II-20: Rights of accused in criminal cases.

  In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the right
to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the county
in which the crime shall have been committed or, where
uncertainty exists as to the county in which the crime was
committed, the accused may be tried in any county in which the
evidence indicates the crime might have been committed.
Provided, that the venue may be changed to some other county of
the state, on the application of the accused, in such manner as
may be prescribed by law.  He shall be informed of the nature and
cause of the accusation against him and have a copy thereof, and
be confronted with the witnesses against him, and have compulsory
process for obtaining witnesses in his behalf.  He shall have the
right to be heard by himself and counsel; and in capital cases,
at least two days before the case is called for trial, he shall
be furnished with a list of the witnesses that will be called in
chief, to prove the allegations of the indictment or information,
together with their postoffice addresses. 

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