Boykin v. Alabama

Boykin v. Alabama
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 4, 1969 Decided June 2, 1969
Full case name	Boykin v. Alabama
Citations	395 U.S. 238 (more) 89 S. Ct. 1709; 23 L. Ed. 2d 274
Court membership
Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black · William O. Douglas John M. Harlan II · William J. Brennan Jr. Potter Stewart · Byron White Thurgood Marshall
Case opinions
Majority	Douglas
Dissent	Harlan, joined by Black

Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1969), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court determined that when a defendant enters into a plea bargain, they waive their Sixth Amendment right to a trial by jury. A defendant may not waive this Constitutional right unless he does so knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently. The defendant was an African-American charged with robbery, which carried a death sentence in Alabama at the time. He pled guilty.^[1][2][3]