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Section 1.04. Fair Treatment in Investigations.

No person shall be denied the right to fair and just treatment
in any investigation conducted by the State or by any unit of local
government, or by any of their departments or agencies.

Section 1.05. Searches and Seizures.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses,
papers, and effects against unreasonable searches, seizures, inter-
ceptions of their communications, or other invasions of their pri-
vacy, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon
probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly
describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to
be seized, or the communications sought to be intercepted.

Section 1.06. Grand Jury Indictment.

No person shall be held to answer for a felony unless on indict-
ment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the militia while
in actual service.

Section 1.07. Rights of Accused.

A person accused of crime shall have the right to be informed
of the nature and cause of the accusation in time to prepare his
defense, to have the assistance of counsel for his defense, to be
confronted with and to examine under oath or affirmation the
witnesses against him, to have compulsory process for obtaining
witnesses, and to have a speedy and public trial by an impartial
jury of twelve without whose unanimous consent he shall not be
adjudged guilty.

Section 1.08. Removal of Criminal Cases.

In a case involving a crime punishable by death or life im-
prisonment, after suggestion in writing under oath by either
party that the party cannot have a fair and impartial trial in the
county where the case is pending, the court shall order the case
removed to another county for trial. Other criminal cases may be

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