Concurrence Stevens End date 1978 | Concurrence White (in judgment) | |
Full case name Claude D. Ballew v. State of Georgia Citations 435 U.S. 223 (more)
98 S.Ct. 1029, 55 L.Ed.2d 234, 3 Media L. Rep. 1979 Plurality Blackmun, joined by Stevens Concurrence Powell (in judgment), joined by Burger, Rehnquist Similar Williams v Florida, Duncan v Louisiana, Witherspoon v Illinois | ||
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.
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