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Throughout Most of Our Nation’s History, the Three Broad Constitutional

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Throughout most of our nation’s history, the three broad constitutional provisions dealing with trial by jury had little applicability in state courts. The U.S. Constitution applied only to trials in federal courts. These practices changed dramatically, however, when the Supreme Court decided Duncan v. Louisiana (1968) , ruling that the jury provisions of the Sixth Amendment were incorporated by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to apply to state courts, as well. Subsequent decisions grappled with the problem of defining the precise meaning of the right to trial by jury. The most important issues concerned the scope of the right to a jury trial, the size of the jury, and unanimous versus nonunanimous verdicts.
-Lupe is exercising her right to a jury trial in state court for attempted murder.Which of the following rights does she most like have during the trial?


A) the right to a supermajority verdict
B) the right to a unanimous verdict
C) the right to a simple majority verdict
D) the right to have no media coverage during the trial

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