Federal Judiciary

Petition of the day

By Kiran Bhat

The petition of the day is: 

Title: George v. Louisiana
Docket: 10-1017
Issue(s): Is a defendant?s constitutional right to trial by jury violated when the maximum sentence is increased from six months to twenty years based on a prior adjudication at which a defendant had no right to a jury trial?

Certiorari stage documents:

• Opinion below (Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit)
• Petition for certiorari
• Amicus brief of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on March 17, 2011 (boomark / email).