Hicks v. Oklahoma, No. 78-6885 (U.S. Supreme Court) (447 U.S. 343; 100 S.Ct. 2227) (June 16, 1980) (Justice Stewart)
Here a divided court vacated the petitioner's drug conviction on the grounds that he had been denied due process when he was sentenced under a state habitual offender statute that the Oklahoma courts subsequently found to be unconstitutional.
The defendant in this case was sentenced under a habitual offender statute ...
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