Sanders v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
February 2023
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. McGlory · Commonwealth v. Reneer · United States v. McMahon · Harp v. Commonwealth · Taylor v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“If the accused is also charged as a persistent felony offender, the penalty phase and a persistent felony offender phase can be combined and the jury in the combined bifurcated hearing could be instructed to (1) fix a penalty on the basic charge in the indictment; (2) determine then whether the defendant is guilty as a persistent felony offender, and if so; (3) fix the enhanced penalty as a persistent felony offender.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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