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State v. Hogan

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  • 451 So. 2d 844

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  • concluding that a twelve- person jury is not required in prosecutions of sexual battery of a child
  • holding that sexual battery on victim less than twelve years old is not capital offense for purposes of determining whether twelve-person jury is required
  • finding no requirement for twelve-person juries in sexual battery cases because the court had held in Buford v. State, 403 So.2d 943, 951 (Fla.1981
  • opining “[s]exual battery of a child, therefore, while still defined as a capital crime by the legislature, is not capital in the sense that a defendant might be put to death” and “a twelve-person jury is not required” under same
  • rejecting argument that, in light of Buford, a defendant convicted of capital sexual battery should have been sentenced as though he committed a life felony because \the legislature has denominated certain conduct to be a 'capital' crime and has provided alternative penalties for that crime\
  • sexual battery is not punishable by death, and therefore, it may be tried by a six-member jury

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Judges: McDonald

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