<P> Duncan v. Louisiana, 391 U.S. 145 (1968), was a significant United States Supreme Court decision which incorporated the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial and applied it to the states . </P> <P> In October, 1966, Gary Duncan, a 19 - year - old African - American, was driving down a Louisiana highway when he noticed his two cousins with a group of white youths on the side of the road . He became concerned because his cousins had reported occurrences of "racial incidents" at the recently - desegregated school . He pulled over the car, stepped out, and asked his cousins to get in the car . The white youths testified that Duncan slapped one of them at this point, but Duncan and his cousins denied it . Duncan was arrested and ultimately charged with simple battery . As it was punishable by no more than two years, simple battery is a misdemeanor under Louisiana law and so he was not subject to trial by jury . Duncan was convicted and received a 60 - day prison sentence and a fine of $150 . He appealed on the grounds that the state had violated the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments guaranteeing his right to a jury trial . The Court accepted the case, under its appellate jurisdiction from the Louisiana State Supreme Court . </P> <P> Do the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to jury trial in state prosecutions where sentences as long as two years may be imposed . </P> <P> Justice White noted that the right to a jury trial for criminal offenses is a deeply enshrined value in the British and American legal traditions . Thus, right to a jury trial in criminal cases is within the 14th Amendment and so is applicable to the states . </P>

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