State v. Berberian
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
1Opinion of the CourtBevilacqua, C. J.
This petition for a writ of habeas corpus is predicated on the petitioner’s assertion that his prospective incarceration at the Adult Correctional Institutions is unlawful because the participation by a partially deaf juror on the panel which convicted him denied him the rights guaranteed by the sixth amendment of the United States Constitution and art. I, §10 of the Rhode Island Constitution. 1
The petitioner was found guilty of reckless driving in violation of G.L. 1956 (1968 Reenactment) §31-27-4 after a jury trial in Superior Court.
In the course of polling the jury, it appeared that the…
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2Cases cited22 opinions
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Salinger v. LoiselSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Rabinowitz v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Gordon Arthur Lyda and Albert Francis Perrault v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
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- Cook v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1989
- Louis Neron v. James E. Tierney, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Commonwealth v. SusiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- State v. ChakouianSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1988
- State v. TurnerCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1994
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