The Sixth Amendment does not require a unanimous decision for conviction in jury trials. (Overruled by Ramos v. Louisiana (2020)) Decided May 22, 1972 (argued March 1, 1971). Opinion of the Court: Byron White → go there Dissenting: Douglas, Brennan, Stewart. Overruled by Ramos v. Louisiana (2020) → go there Applied: the Sixth Amendment → go there Topic: Other criminal sentences. Apodaca v. Oregon - 406 U.S. 404 (1972) - is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that state juries may convict a defendant by a less-than-unanimous verdict in a felony criminal case. The four-justice plurality opinion of the court, written by Justice White, affirmed the judgment of the Oregon Court of Appeals and held that there was no constitutional right to a unanimous verdict. Although federal law requires federal juries to reach criminal verdicts unanimously, the Court held Oregon's practice did not violate the Sixth Amendment right to trial by jury and so allowed it to continue. In Johnson v. Louisiana, a case decided on the same day, the Court held that Louisiana's similar practice of allowing criminal convictions by a jury vote of 9–3 did not violate due process or equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment. Wiki link