In this article I will discuss what the 6th Amendment is, the elements of an ineffective lawyer, how judges deem a person to be an ineffective lawyer by an effective lawyer , cases in which defendants believed their advice was ineffective and judges declared it effective. I will also begin by defining what the 6th Amendment is right and pointing out the elements of an ineffective lawyer. The Sixth Amendment provides that the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury if the state and district in which the crime was committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; confront the testimony against him; have a compulsory process for obtaining witnesses on his behalf and have the assistance of an attorney for his defense (United States Constitution). There were two elements to ineffective assistance of counsel: a defendant must demonstrate that his or her attorney/professional's performance fell below an objective standard of reasonableness and a reasonable likelihood that, without the attorney's unprofessional errors lawyer, the results of the proceedings would have been different (Strickland v. Washington, 466 US 668 1984). The Supreme Court's Strickland case set the standard for ineffective assistance of lawyers. Strickland v. Washington, 466 US 668 (1984): Defendant David Washington pleaded guilty to three counts of murder and was sentenced to death. During the sentencing trial, Washington's lawyer did not seek witnesses and did not request any psychiatric evaluation for his client. For this reason the defendant decided to appeal his sentence on the basis of inadequate representation by his lawyer, violation of... half of the charter... up to 360 months in prison. This case was considered ineffective assistance by the attorney for one reason, namely the attorney's advice to the client to refuse a plea deal. In order for Cooper to prove that his Sixth Amendment was violated, he would have to prove three things: (1) The counsel was ineffective and that the plea deal would have been presented to the courts, (2) the courts would have accepted the terms, and (3) the sentence of conviction would be lower than the actual sentence and the sentence imposed. The outcome in this case changed how the plea bargaining system works. Defendants in criminal cases have a Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel during plea negotiations, meaning that when prosecutors offer a plea deal the defendant has the right to be present, so if he or she rejects the plea bargain they know actually comes from the defendant and not theirs. lawyer.