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Legal Citation: 391 U.S. 145 (1968)

Petitioner
Gary Duncan

Respondent
State of Louisiana

Petitioner's Claim
That the state denied him his Sixth Amendment right to a trial by jury, which the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees at the state level.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Richard B. Sobol

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Dorothy D. Wolbrette

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, William J. Brennan, Jr., William O. Douglas, Abe Fortas, Thurgood Marshall, Earl Warren, Byron R. White (writing for the Court)

Justices Dissenting
John Marshall Harlan II, Potter Stewart

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
20 May 1968

Decision
The Court found that the state of Louisiana denied Duncan his basic right to a trial by jury. The Court maintained that this right...