Ballew v. Georgia | ||||||
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Supreme Court of the United States |
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Argued November 1, 1977 Decided March 21, 1978 |
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Full case name | Claude D. Ballew v. State of Georgia | |||||
Citations | 435 U.S. 223 (more) 435 U.S. 223, 98 S.Ct. 1029, 55 L.Ed.2d 234, 3 Media L. Rep. 1979 |
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Holding | ||||||
A criminal conviction based on a five person jury is unconstitutional, the minimum size for a jury hearing a petty offense is six. | ||||||
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Case opinions | ||||||
Plurality | Blackmun, joined by Stevens | |||||
Concurrence | Stevens | |||||
Concurrence | White (in judgment) | |||||
Concurrence | Powell (in judgment), joined by Burger, Rehnquist | |||||
Concurrence | Brennan (in judgment), joined by Stewart, Marshall | |||||
Laws applied | ||||||
United States Constitution, Amendment VI |
Ballew v. Georgia, 435 U.S. 223 (1978), was a case heard by the United States Supreme Court that held that a Georgia state statute authorizing criminal conviction upon the unanimous vote of a jury of five was unconstitutional. The constitutional minimum size for a jury hearing petty criminal offenses was held to be six.[1]