Hicks v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 3 state decisions

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1. ““In cases arising under habeas corpus proceedings this Court has held that an accused may waive his right to trial by jury, even in those cases where a death sentence is within the permitted penalty. The opinions stand for the principle that it may be erroneous for a trial judge to impose a sentence, even less than the death penalty, if death is a permitted penalty — but such error does not render the conviction judgment void. See Lynch v. Jones, Ky., 342 S.W.2d 394 ; Williams v. Jones, Ky., 338 S.W.2d 693 ; Thomas v. Maggard, Ky., 313 S.W.2d 271 . The same principle long has been accepted by the United States Supreme Court. See Adams v. U. S. ex rel. McCann, 317 U.S. 269 , 63 S.Ct. 236 , 87 L.Ed. 268 , 143 A.L.R. 435 (1942); Patton v. U. S., 281 U.S. 276 , 50 S.Ct. 253 , 74 L.Ed. 854 , 70 A.L.R. 263 .””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Debose v. Cowan · Lyons v. Howard