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EDWARDS v. VANNOY

No. 19-5807.

141 S.Ct. 1547 (2021)

593 U.S. 255

Thedrick EDWARDS, Petitioner v. Darrel VANNOY, Warden.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 17, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

André Bélanger , Baton Rouge, LA, for the petitioner.

Solicitor General Elizabeth Murrill for the respondent.

Christopher G. Michel for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the respondent.

André Belanger , Counsel of Record, Yigal Bander , James P. Manasseh , Manasseh, Gill, Knipe & Belanger, P.L.C., Baton Rouge, LA, Collin P. Wedel , Andrew B. Talai , Summer A. Wall , Sidley Austin LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Jeffrey T. Green , Northwestern Supreme, Court Practicum, Chicago, IL, Naomi A. Igra , Matthew P. Henry , Benjamin Gillig , Sidley Austin LLP, San Francisco, CA, for petitioner.

Jeff Landry , Attorney General, Elizabeth Baker Murrill , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Shae McPhee , Deputy Solicitor General, Josiah M. Kollmeyer , Assistant Solicitor General, Louisiana Department of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, Hillar Moore , District Attorney, Stacy Wright , Assistant District Attorney, East Baton Rouge Parish, Baton Rouge, LA, Jeffrey M. Harris , Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Arlington, VA, for respondent.

Last Term in Ramos v. Louisiana, 590 U. S. ___, 140 S.Ct. 1390, 206 L.Ed.2d 583 (2020), this Court held that a state jury must be unanimous to convict a criminal defendant of a serious offense. Ramos repudiated this Court's 1972 decision in Apodaca v. Oregon,

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