Whether the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial requires an unanimous jury verdict and, if so, would that unanimity requirement be required in state criminal jury trials via the Fourteenth Amendment

QUESTION PRESENTED The issue presented is whether the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial requires an unanimous jury verdict and, if so, would that unanimity requirement be required in state criminal jury trials via the Fourteenth Amendment. In deciding this question, the Court will be asked to revisit the plurality opinions of Johnson v. Louisiana and Apodaca v. Oregon. i