Johnson v. Louisiana

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1972-05-22

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Mr. Justice White delivered the opinion of the Court. Under both the Louisiana Constitution and Code of Criminal Procedure, criminal cases in which the punishment is necessarily at hard labor are tried to a jury of 12, and the vote of nine jurors is sufficient to return either a guilty or not guilty verdict. 1 The principal question *358 in t…

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