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Juries II

Juries II. Jury Size Jury Unanimity Jury Nullification. Jury Unanimity. Johnson v Louisiana and Apodaca v. Oregon (1972 ) A llowed non-unanimous verdicts in state criminal trials , L ack of unanimity is not evidence of doubt Burch v. Louisiana (1979)

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Juries II

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  1. Juries II Jury Size Jury Unanimity Jury Nullification

  2. Jury Unanimity • Johnson v Louisiana and Apodaca v. Oregon (1972) • Allowed non-unanimous verdicts in state criminal trials, • Lack of unanimity is not evidence of doubt • Burch v. Louisiana (1979) • state criminal trial conviction by non-unanimous 6 member jury unconstitutional.

  3. Jury Size • Williams v. Florida (1970) • Six member jury is state criminal trial is permissible • Sufficient to achieve cross section of society • Colgrove v. Battin (1973) • Six person federal civil jury is acceptable • Balley v. Georgia (1978) • State criminal jury of five is inadequate

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