Blanton v. City of North Las Vegas

Blanton v. North Las Vegas
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 9, 1989
Decided March 6, 1989
Full case nameBlanton et al. v. City of North Las Vegas, Nevada
Citations489 U.S. 538 (more)
109 S. Ct. 1289; 103 L. Ed. 2d 550
Case history
Prior103 Nev. 623, 748 P.2d 494 (1987); cert. granted, 487 U.S. 1203 (1988).
Holding
The right to a jury trial is not found in crimes where the maximum period of incarceration is under six months.
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Case opinion
MajorityMarshall, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. VI

Blanton v. North Las Vegas, 489 U.S. 538 (1989), is a United States Supreme Court case clarifying the limitations of the right to trial by jury.

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