Federal Judiciary

Petition of the day

By Kiran Bhat

Howe & Russell represents the petitioner in this case, which is listed without regard to its chance of being granted:

Title: Barbour v. Louisiana
Docket: 10-689
Issue(s): Whether the Sixth Amendment right to jury trial, as applied to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment, allows a criminal conviction based on a non-unanimous jury verdict.

Certiorari-Stage Documents:

• Opinion below (Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit)
• Petition for certiorari

Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on December 22, 2010 (boomark / email).