Gary Duncan
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Gary Duncan was the African American teenager whose criminal case led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Duncan v. Louisiana, which incorporated the right to a jury trial against the states.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gary Duncan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7520297 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gary Duncan Context triple: [Duncan v. Louisiana, petitioner, Gary Duncan]
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A.
Andrew Duncan
Andrew Duncan was a British industrialist and politician who served as the United Kingdom’s Minister of Supply during the Second World War.
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B.
Jim Gillespie
Jim Gillespie is a Scottish film director best known for helming the 1997 teen slasher hit "I Know What You Did Last Summer."
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C.
Bill Gillespie
Bill Gillespie is the white, small-town Mississippi police chief whose uneasy but evolving partnership with Black detective Virgil Tibbs drives the racial and social tensions at the heart of "In the Heat of the Night."
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D.
Bill Baillie
Bill Baillie was a prominent New Zealand middle- and long-distance runner known for his competitive performances during the 1950s and 1960s.
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E.
Duncan Stewart
Duncan Stewart is a music producer best known for his work on U2’s album "Songs of Surrender."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gary Duncan Target entity description: Gary Duncan was the African American teenager whose criminal case led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Duncan v. Louisiana, which incorporated the right to a jury trial against the states.
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A.
Andrew Duncan
Andrew Duncan was a British industrialist and politician who served as the United Kingdom’s Minister of Supply during the Second World War.
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B.
Jim Gillespie
Jim Gillespie is a Scottish film director best known for helming the 1997 teen slasher hit "I Know What You Did Last Summer."
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C.
Bill Gillespie
Bill Gillespie is the white, small-town Mississippi police chief whose uneasy but evolving partnership with Black detective Virgil Tibbs drives the racial and social tensions at the heart of "In the Heat of the Night."
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D.
Bill Baillie
Bill Baillie was a prominent New Zealand middle- and long-distance runner known for his competitive performances during the 1950s and 1960s.
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E.
Duncan Stewart
Duncan Stewart is a music producer best known for his work on U2’s album "Songs of Surrender."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American
ⓘ
criminal defendant ⓘ person ⓘ |
| amendmentInvolved |
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
ⓘ
linked to:
Fourteenth Amendment
Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Constitution, Sixth Amendment
|
| appealedTo | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| caseCitation |
Duncan v. Louisiana, 391 U.S. 145 (1968)
ⓘ
linked to:
Duncan v. Louisiana
|
| caseOutcomeAtSupremeCourt | conviction reversed ⓘ |
| constitutionalRightInvolved | right to a jury trial ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African American ⓘ |
| hasRole | petitioner in Duncan v. Louisiana ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
central figure in a landmark incorporation case
ⓘ
helped establish that serious criminal offenses in state courts require jury trials ⓘ |
| legalCase | Duncan v. Louisiana ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
application of the Sixth Amendment to the states
ⓘ
incorporation of the Sixth Amendment via the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ right to trial by jury in criminal cases ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the defendant in the case that led to Duncan v. Louisiana
ⓘ
his role in the incorporation of the right to jury trial against the states ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence |
Louisiana
ⓘ
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana ⓘ
linked to:
Plaquemines Parish
|
| raceAsLegalContext | African American teenager in the Jim Crow–era South ⓘ |
| relatedDoctrine | selective incorporation ⓘ |
| relatedField |
constitutional law
ⓘ
criminal procedure ⓘ |
| relatedRight |
due process of law
ⓘ
right to fair trial ⓘ |
| requested | trial by jury ⓘ |
| sentenceReceived |
$150 fine
ⓘ
60 days in prison ⓘ |
| stateInvolved | Louisiana ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfCase | 1960s ⓘ |
| wasAccusedOf | simple battery ⓘ |
| wasConvictedIn |
Louisiana state court
ⓘ
linked to:
Judiciary of Louisiana
|
| wasDenied | jury trial in Louisiana state court ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gary Duncan Description of subject: Gary Duncan was the African American teenager whose criminal case led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Duncan v. Louisiana, which incorporated the right to a jury trial against the states.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.