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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to hear a number of cases questioning whether state court juries must have a dozen members when they are weighing serious criminal charges.
A series of appeals challenging Florida’s use of six-member juries has been pending at the Supreme Court for months. Six states – Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts and Utah – allow six- or eight-member juries to decide felony cases.
The criminal defendants asserted that the practice violates the 6th Amendment.
Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote a dissent from the decision to deny the cases.
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