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· 4/25/1898

Thompson v. Utah

Citations

  • 170 U.S. 343
  • 18 S. Ct. 620
  • 42 L. Ed. 1061
  • 1898 U.S. LEXIS 1550

Syllabus

<p>The provision in the constitution of the State of Utah, providing for the trial of criminal cases, not capital, in courts of general jurisdiction by a jury composed of eight persons, is ex post facto in its application to felonies committed before the Territory became a State.</p>

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that a “jury” within the meaning of the Sixth Amendment is “a jury constituted, as it was at common law, of twelve persons, neither more nor less”
  • invalidating retrospective application of state law requiring only eight jurors rather than twelve
  • where this type of statute was held not to violate the ex post facto prohibition
  • state law reducing number of jurors from twelve to eight
  • statute reducing number of jurors necessary to render a verdict

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Judges: Brewer, Harlan, Peckham

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