Hurst v. Florida
577 U.S. 92 (2016) Cited 961 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding Florida's former death penalty sentencing scheme unconstitutional because "[t]he Sixth Amendment requires a jury, not a judge, to find each fact necessary to impose a sentence of death"
Hurst v. State
202 So. 3d 40 (Fla. 2016) Cited 379 times
Holding that "in order for the trial court to impose a sentence of death, the jury's recommended sentence of death must be unanimous"
People v. Blackburn
61 Cal.4th 1113 (Cal. 2015) Cited 220 times
In Blackburn, this court classified as reversible per se a failure to obtain any personal jury waiver at all from a defendant in a civil commitment proceeding.
People v. Cunningham
61 Cal.4th 609 (Cal. 2015) Cited 197 times
Holding a custodial suspect who fully heard and understood an explanation of his Miranda rights and made an uncoerced decision to talk, had thereby knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived them
People v. Epps
25 Cal.4th 19 (Cal. 2001) Cited 292 times
Recognizing statutory right to jury trial on whether prior conviction occurred under §§ 1025 & 1158
People v. Cordova
62 Cal.4th 104 (Cal. 2015) Cited 176 times
Holding Kelly inapplicable to the latest DNA testing kit, which used the same methodology as earlier kits