| 词条 | Burch v. Louisiana |
| 释义 |
|Litigants=Burch v. Louisiana |ArgueDate=February 22 |ArgueYear=1979 |DecideDate=April 17 |DecideYear=1979 |FullName=Burch v. Louisiana |USVol=441 |USPage=130 |ParallelCitations=99 S. Ct. 1623; 60 L. Ed. 2d 96; 1979 U.S. LEXIS 87 |Prior=Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Louisiana |Subsequent= |Holding=A conviction by a nonunanimous six-person jury in a state criminal trial for a nonpetty offense violates the right of an accused to trial by jury guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments. |SCOTUS=1975{{hyphen}}1981 |Majority=Rehnquist |JoinMajority=Burger, White, Blackmun, Powell, Stevens |Concurrence=Brennan |JoinConcurrence=Stewart, Marshall |LawsApplied=U.S. Const. amends. VI XIV }}Burch v. Louisiana, 441 U.S. 130 (1979),[1] was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court that invalidated a Louisiana statute allowing a conviction upon a nonunanimous verdict from a jury of six for a petty offense. The statute allowed for conviction if only five jurors agreed, and this was held to be a violation of the Sixth Amendment.[2] BackgroundBurch was found guilty of showing obscene films by a nonunanimous six-member jury in the state of Louisiana. The court imposed a suspended prison sentence of two consecutive seven- month terms and fined him $1,000. Question Before the CourtDoes a conviction by a nonunanimous six-member jury in a state criminal trial for a nonpetty offense violate Burch's Sixth Amendment right to trial by jury as applied to the states through the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment? Decision of the CourtJustice Rehnquist cited Ballew v. Georgia,[3] noting that only two other states in the country allowed for a non-unanimous decision from a non-six person jury in a non-petty offense. This "near uniform judgment of the Nation" gave the Court a "useful guide" in determining constitutionally allowable in jury practices.[1]References1. ^1 {{ussc|name=Burch v. Louisiana|441|130|1979}}. {{usgovpd}} 2. ^{{cite book |last=Varat |first=J. D. |title=Constitutional Law Cases and Materials |edition=Concise Thirteenth |publisher=Foundation Press |location=New York |year=2009 |page=356 |isbn=9781599414515 |display-authors=etal}} 3. ^{{ussc|name=Ballew v. Georgia|volume=435|page=223|pin=|year=1978}}. External links
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