945 So. 2d 959 - State v. Hicks’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “The defendant may appeal to the court of appeal from a judgment in a criminal case triable by jury. La. C. Cr. P. art. 912.1(B)(1). Article 1, § 17 of the Louisiana Constitution stipulates that crimes for which the punishment may be confinement for more than six months must be tried by a jury except when, in noncapital cases, the defendant knowingly and intelligently waives his right to a jury trial. See also La. C. Cr. P. arts. 780 and 782. A defendant charged with a misdemeanor in which the punishment, as set forth in the statute defining the offense, may be a fine in excess of $1,000.00 or imprisonment for more than six months, shall be tried by a jury of six jurors. La. C. Cr. P. art. 779(A). In those instances when more than one misdemeanor offense is charged by separate bills of information, but are consolidated for trial, the aggregate possible punishments are determinative of whether the defendant is entitled to a jury trial. State v. Hornung, 620 So.2d 816, 817 (La.1993); State v. Vu, 02-1243 (La.App. 5th Cir.4/8/03), 846 So.2d 67 .”

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