WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court of the United States declined to hear a case out of Arizona in which a man, Ramin Khorrami, challenged his conviction by an eight-member jury.
Two conservative justices said the court should have heard Khorrami’s case.
Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote that the high court should have done so and overturned a 1970 Supreme Court precedent in which the justices said a 12-member jury is not required.
Gorsuch wrote that six states allow smaller jury panels, a practice he said is “difficult to reconcile” with the Constitution.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh agreed the court should have heard the case.
Khorrami was convicted after demanding money from a woman he had an affair with, threatening to reveal the affair to her husband if she didn't comply.
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