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Brown Vs. Louisiana

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 16, 1980

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  2. Michigan Vs. Payne US Supreme Court · May 21, 1973
  3. Gosa Vs. Mayden US Supreme Court · Jun 25, 1973
  4. Duncan Vs. Louisiana US Supreme Court · May 20, 1968
  5. Ballew Vs. Georgia US Supreme Court · Mar 21, 1978
  6. Linkletter Vs. Walker US Supreme Court · Jun 07, 1965
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  8. Apodaca Vs. Oregon US Supreme Court · May 22, 1972
  9. U.S. 323 (1980) U.S. Supreme Court Brown v. Louisiana
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  10. U.S. 323 (1980) Brown v. Louisiana
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  11. conviction -- based on a nonunanimous six-person jury verdict -- was pending in the Louisiana Supreme Court, Burch v. Louisiana
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  12. jury of six. The Louisiana Supreme Court thereafter affirmed petitioner's conviction, holding that the rule of Burch v. Louisiana
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  13. MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL, and MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN, concluded that the constitutional principle announced in Burch v. Louisiana
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  14. and delivered an opinion, in which MR. JUSTICE STEWART, MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL, and MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN joined. Burch v. Louisiana
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  15. rights under the Sixth and the Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution as enunciated in Ballew v. Georgia
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  16. to quash. On April 17, 1979, while petitioner's case was still pending on direct review in the Louisiana courts, Burch v. Louisiana
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  17. emphasis in original). We granted certiorari. 444 U.S. 990 (1979). We reverse. II Linkletter v. Walker
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  18. Johnson v. New
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  19. Desist v. United
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  20. Hankerson v. North
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  21. Adams v. Illinois
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  22. Williams v. United
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  23. States, 401 U. S. 646 , 401 U. S. 653 (1971) (plurality opinion of WHITE, J.). Accord, Hankerson v. North
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  24. to avoid unfairness at trial must be accorded retroactive effect. Gosa v. Mayden
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  25. supra, at 388 U. S. 298 (quoting Johnson v. New
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  26. whether the rule of Burch v. Louisiana
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  27. Williams v. Florida
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  28. constitutional guarantee of trial by jury prescribes neither the precise number that can constitute a jury, Williams v Florida
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  29. nor Page 447 U. S. 331 the exact proportion of the jury that must concur in the verdict, Apodaca v. Oregon
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  30. unanimity limits that cannot be transgressed if the essence of the jury trial right is to be maintained. Thus, Ballew v. Georgia
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  31. Though the line separating the permissible jury practice from the impermissible may not be the brightest, cf. Burch v. Louisiana
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  32. Tehan v. United
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  33. any prior decisions of this Court or invalidate a practice of heretofore unquestioned legitimacy. See, e.g., Desist v. United
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  34. that conviction by a nonunanimous six-person jury does not offend the Sixth Amendment's guarantee. See Adams v. Illinois
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  35. our opinions prior to Burch, it could only be that such a procedure was of doubtful constitutionality. Williams v. Florida
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  36. as mandating unanimity in the verdict of a six-member jury. See supra at 447 U. S. 325 -326. Cf. Berger v. California
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  37. Louisiana and Oklahoma -- permitted conviction of nonpetty offenses by a nonunanimous six-member jury, see Burch v. Louisiana
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  38. be retried or released does not approach the magnitude involved in some of our previous cases. See, e.g., Linkletter v. Walker
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  39. Emphasis added.) Following our decision in Burch v. Louisiana
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  40. Cf. State v. Jackson
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  41. Tehan v. United
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  42. Johnson v. New
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  43. U.S. Supreme Court Brown v. Louisiana
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  44. the Louisiana Supreme Court, Burch v. Louisiana
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  45. of Burch v. Louisiana
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  46. Burch v. Louisiana
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  47. II Linkletter v. Walker
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  48. Hankerson v. North
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  49. of WHITE, J.). Accord, Hankerson v. North
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  50. Thus, Ballew v. Georgia
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