Bogan v. Brookhart

Bogan asked the Supreme Court to review whether the Sixth Amendment requires unanimous jury verdicts in state criminal cases involving serious offenses. Based on the record provided, the Court declined review on April 27, 2020, and did not decide that constitutional question, leaving the Seventh Circuit result in place.

That meant Bogan did not get a Supreme Court answer on his jury-unanimity claim in this case. For defendants challenging state convictions on that ground, the lower-court result remained in effect here unless another case changed the law.

There is no further Supreme Court action scheduled in this docket. The Seventh Circuit outcome remains in place for Bogan unless a separate case or proceeding changes it.

It asked whether state juries must be unanimous to convict someone of a serious offense. The Court did not answer that issue here.

Bogan was directly affected because his lower-court loss stayed in place. Other defendants raising the same claim got no new Supreme Court guidance from this docket action.

Nothing else is scheduled at the Supreme Court in this docket. Any further change would have to come from another case or a separate proceeding.