Hicks v. Oklahoma

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1980-06-16

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Mr. Justice Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court. The petitioner was brought to trial in an Oklahoma court on a charge of unlawfully distributing heroin. Since he had been convicted of felony offenses twice within the preceding 10 years, the members of the jury were instructed, in accordance with the habitual offender statute then in effect in Oklahoma, 1 < citation-ind…

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