Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 12/29/2009

Commonwealth v. Bracey

Citations

986 A.2d 128
604 Pa. 459
2009 Pa. LEXIS 2795

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recognizing that “a more sophisticated analysis” may be required on state collateral review in some circumstances
finding that there was no right to a jury trial on an Atkins claim under Ring
observing that procedural rules “cannot trump a Sixth Amendment right to a jury”
\[T]here is no Sixth Amendment right to a jury on the question of mental retardation.\
states that have recognized right to jury determination of mental retardation generally have done so by statute; Danforth- based claim that state court might provide more protection than federal courts waived
no right to jury trial on Atkins claim presented on post-conviction review

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Judges: Castille, Saylor, Eakin, Baer, Todd, McCaffery, Greenspan

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