Brown v. Louisiana
Supreme Court of the United States
1Judgment of the Court · BrennanJustice Brennan, joined by Justice Stewart, Justice Marshall, and Justice Blackmun
Burch v. Louisiana, 441 U. S. 130 (1979), held that conviction of a nonpetty criminal offense by a nonunanimous six-person jury violates the accused’s right to trial by jury guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments. The issue *325in this case is whether the constitutional principle announced in Burch is to be given retroactive application.
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On July 31, 1978, petitioner Darnell Brown was charged by bill of information in Orleans Parish with simple burglary, a felony punishable by confinement in the parish prison or state penitentiary for a maximum term of 12 years. La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §…
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2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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