Court Decisions Felony Laws Louisiana 
SCOTUSBlog
MAY 28, 2021
Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, the scope of the First Amendment — specifically, whether a law forbidding clandestine recordings is overbroad and whether a state may require individuals to carry identification cards labeled “SEX OFFENDER.” In Louisiana v.
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SCOTUSBlog
MAY 31, 2024
And the court denied review to a group of 13 much-relisted cases that raised the question whether felony defendants have a constitutional right to a 12-person jury rather than just a six-person one. Justice Neil Gorsuch filed an opinion dissenting from the denial of cert , arguing that the court’s 1970 decision in Williams v.
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SCOTUSBlog
MAY 28, 2024
And over a dissent by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the justices declined to decide whether the Constitution guarantees the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged with a felony. The question came to the court in the case of Natoya Cunningham , who was convicted by a six-person jury and sentenced to eight years in prison.
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