Skinner v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Rule 12.02(c) thus only grants the trial court discretion to deny a defendant's request for a jury trial in cases in which the maximum possible sentence is six months or less.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 992 So. 2d 1213 - Ude v. State

2. “[i]n appeals from justice or municipal court when the maximum possible sentence is six months or less, the case may be tried without a jury at the court's discretion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 992 So. 2d 1213 - Ude v. State