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Destefano Vs. Woods

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 17, 1968

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  1. Douglas Vs. California US Supreme Court · Mar 18, 1963
  2. Linkletter Vs. Walker US Supreme Court · Jun 07, 1965
  3. Stovall Vs. Denno US Supreme Court · Jun 12, 1967
  4. Maxwell Vs. Dow US Supreme Court · Feb 26, 1900
  5. U.S. 631 (1968) U.S. Supreme Court DeStefano v. Woods
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  6. U.S. 631 (1968) DeStefano v. Woods
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  7. This Court's decisions of May 20, 1968, in Duncan v. Louisiana
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  8. U. S. 145 , holding that the States cannot deny a request for jury trial in serious criminal cases, and Bloom v. Illinois
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  9. Appeals held that the Constitution did not require jury trial for state criminal contempt proceedings. In Duncan v. Louisiana
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  10. U. S. 145 , we held that the States cannot deny a request for jury trial in serious criminal cases, and in Bloom v. Illinois
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  11. Duncan left open the question of Page 392 U. S. 633 the continued vitality of the statement in Maxwell v. Dow
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  12. at this time only if the decisions in Duncan and Bloom apply retroactively. We hold, however, that Duncan v. Louisiana
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  13. and Bloom v. Illinois
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  14. and affords a right to jury trial for criminal contempts punished by imprisonment for one year. In Stovall v. Denno
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  15. All three factors favor only prospective application of the rule stated in Duncan v. Louisiana
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  16. this Court to the effect that the Sixth Amendment right to jury trial was not applicable to the States. E.g., Maxwell v. Dow
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  17. been mandatory had they fallen within the Sixth Amendment guarantee as it had been construed by this Court. See Duncan v. Louisiana
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  18. be in jeopardy, The considerations are somewhat more evenly balanced with regard to the rule announced in Bloom v. Illinois
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  19. States could dispense with jury trial in normal criminal prosecutions, and reliance on the cases overturned by Bloom v. Illinois
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  20. for failure to grant jury trial where trials began prior to May 20, 1968, the date of this Court's decisions in Duncan v. Louisiana
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  21. MR. JUSTICE STEWART would deny certiorari for the reasons stated in MR. JUSTICE HARLAN's dissenting opinions in Duncan v. Louisiana
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  22. U. S. 145 , 391 U. S. 171 , and Bloom v. Illinois
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  23. Together with No. 941, Carcerano v. Gladden
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  24. a distinction between convictions that have become final and cases at various stages of trial and appeal. See Stovall v. Denno
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  25. be given retroactive effect, as I thought should have been done with comparable constitutional decisions. See Gideon v. Wainwright
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  26. Johnson v. New
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  27. U.S. Supreme Court DeStefano v. Woods
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  28. Duncan v. Louisiana
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  29. In Duncan v. Louisiana
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  30. Bloom v. Illinois
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  31. In Stovall v. Denno
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  32. the States. E.g., Maxwell v. Dow
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  33. Court. See Duncan v. Louisiana
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  34. Carcerano v. Gladden
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  35. See Stovall v. Denno
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  36. See Gideon v. Wainwright
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