Court Opinion

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Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-10-06 01:37:23.662694+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:48:21.457324
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Mr. Justice Powell,
with whom Mr. Justice Stevens joins, concurring in the judgment.
This Court announced its decision in Burch v. Louisiana, 441 U. S. 130 (1979), while the petitioner’s objection to the nonunanimous verdict was pending on direct appeal. Ante, at 326. Since I believe that new constitutional rules should apply retroactively “in cases still pending on direct review,” Hankerson v. North Carolina, 432 U. S. 233, 248 (1977) (Powell, J., concurring in judgment), I concur in the judgment reversing the petitioner’s conviction.