Brief Fact Summary. Petitioners were convicted on obscenity charges by a six-person jury that was not unanimous.
Synopsis of Rule of Law. “[T]hat conviction by a nonunanimous six-member jury in a state criminal trial for a nonpetty offense deprives an accused of his constitutional right to trial by jury.”
Issue. “[W]hether conviction by a nonunanimous six-person jury in a state criminal trial for a nonpetty offense as contemplated by.