Legal Opinion
State v. Gann
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided December 19, 1969PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*551DENECKE, J.
The defendant was convicted of holding a person as a hostage within the Oregon State Penitentiary. Subsequently, an information of previous convictions was filed and the defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals.
I
The defendant contends that he was convicted in violation of the sixth and fourteenth amendments to the Federal Constitution because he was convicted by a verdict of ten of twelve jurors.①
In 1934 the people of Oregon amended the Oregon Constitution as follows: ° [P]rovided, however, that in the circuit court ten members of the jury may render a verdict of…
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