''Ballew v. Georgia'', 435 U.S. 223 (1978), was a case heard by the

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that held that a

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state statute authorizing criminal conviction upon the unanimous vote of a

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of five was

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. The constitutional minimum size for a jury hearing petty criminal offenses was held to be six.Varat, J.D. et al. ''Constitutional Law Cases and Materials, Concise Thirteenth Edition.'' Foundation Press, New York, NY: 2009, p. 356

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* {{Sixth Amendment, impartial, state=expanded United States Sixth Amendment jury case law United States Supreme Court cases 1978 in United States case law Legal history of Georgia (U.S. state) United States Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court

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