McKeiver V. Pennsylvania
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Date decided | 1971 |
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Ruling court | Supreme Court of the United States |
Concur/dissent | Brennan |
Dissent | Douglas |
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Marshall | |
Citations | L. Ed. 2d |
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ID | 1191753 |
About McKeiver V. Pennsylvania
McKeiver v. Pennsylvania, 403 U. S. 528, was a decision of the United States Supreme Court. The Court held that juveniles in juvenile criminal proceedings were not entitled to a jury trial by the Sixth or Fourteenth Amendments. The Court's plurality opinion left the precise reasoning for the decision unclear.