Duncan v. Louisiana

Duncan v. Louisiana
Argued January 17, 1968
Decided December 21, 1968
Full case nameGary Duncan v. State of Louisiana
Citations391 U.S. 145 (more)
88 S. Ct. 1444; 20 L. Ed. 2d 491; 1968 U.S. LEXIS 1631; 45 Ohio Op. 2d 198
Case history
PriorDefendant convicted, Twenty-fifth Judicial District Court of Louisiana; cert. denied, 195 So. 2d 142 (La. 1967).
SubsequentRehearing denied, 392 U.S. 947 (1968).
Holding
The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees a right to a jury trial in all criminal cases which - were they to be tried in a federal court - would come within the Sixth Amendment's guarantee. Louisiana Supreme Court reversed and remanded.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · William O. Douglas
John M. Harlan II · William J. Brennan Jr.
Potter Stewart · Byron White
Abe Fortas · Thurgood Marshall
Case opinions
MajorityWhite, joined by Warren, Black, Douglas, Brennan, Fortas, Marshall
ConcurrenceBlack, joined by Douglas
ConcurrenceFortas
DissentHarlan, joined by Stewart
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amends. VI, XIV

Duncan v. Louisiana, 391 U.S. 145 (1968), was a significant United States Supreme Court decision which incorporated the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial and applied it to the states.