Whether military convictions for serious offenses must be unanimous

QUESTION PRESENTED In Ramos v. Louisiana, 140 S. Ct. 1390 (2020), this Court held that the Sixth Amendment’s right to a “trial... by an impartial jury” requires that criminal convictions for serious offenses be unanimous not just in federal civilian courts, but in state courts as well. Those prosecuted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), in contrast, can be found guilty—and sentenced to as much as_ life imprisonment without the possibility of parole—by a 6-2 vote of a panel of servicemembers, even for civilian offenses over which state or federal civilian courts have concurrent jurisdiction. The Question Presented is: Whether military convictions for serious offenses must be unanimous.