In the Supreme Court of the United States, Thedrick Edwards, petitioner, v.Darrel Vannoy, warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, respondent [electronic resource] : on writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit : brief for of Louisiana professors of law as amici curiae in support of petitioner / Herbert V. Larson, Jr., counsel of record for amici curiae.

The question presented is whether the Supreme Court's decision in Ramos v. Louisiana, holding that the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial, as incorporated against the states, requires a unanimous verdict to convict a defendant of a serious offense, applies retroactively to cases on collatera...

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