Citation: 435 U.S. 223 (1978). One-Sentence Takeaway: A criminal trial by a five-person jury violated the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, as juries smaller than six diminish the reliability of verdicts and the representativeness of community viewpoints. Summary: A 1978 U.S. Supreme Court opinion in which the Court held that a state could not conduct a criminal trial with […]
