Hynes v. Tomei
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Mangano, P. J.
In New York, the death sentence may be imposed upon a defendant charged with murder in the first degree only after successive, unanimous jury verdicts are rendered on the issues of guilt and punishment. Various provisions of New York’s Criminal Procedure Law (hereinafter CPL) enable a defendant so charged to avoid any possibility of a death sentence by entering into a plea bargain agreement with the People. The question to be answered in this proceeding is whether these plea bargain provisions unconstitutionally penalize a capital defendant’s right to a jury…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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