In the Supreme Court of the United States, Thedrick Edwards, petitioner, v.Darrel Vannoy, respondent [electronic resource] : on writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit : brief of the Roderick & Solange Macarthur Justice Center and Phillips Black, Inc. as amici curiae in support of neither party / Devi M. Rao, counsel of record, Amir H. Ali, counsel for Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center, John Mills, counsel for Phillips Black, Inc.

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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