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Lockett Vs. Ohio

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jul 03, 1978

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  1. Gregg Vs. Georgia US Supreme Court · Jul 02, 1976
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  2. Jurek Vs. Texas US Supreme Court · Jul 02, 1976
  3. Pennsylvania Ex Rel. Sullivan Vs. Ashe US Supreme Court · Nov 08, 1937
  4. Furman Vs. Georgia US Supreme Court · Jun 29, 1972
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  5. Proffitt Vs. Florida US Supreme Court · Jul 02, 1976
  6. Boulden Vs. Holman US Supreme Court · Apr 02, 1969
  7. U.S. 586 (1978) U.S. Supreme Court Lockett v. Ohio
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  8. U.S. 586 (1978) Lockett v. Ohio
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  9. the trial judge's instructions, Boulden v. Holman
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  10. did not violate petitioner's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights under the principles of Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  11. U. S. 510 , or Taylor v. Louisiana
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  12. if the defendant goes to trial, creates an unconstitutional disparity of sentencing alternatives, United States v. Jackson
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  13. constituted a comment on her failure to testify and violated her Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. See Griffin v. California
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  14. the venire in violation of her Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights under the principles established in Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  15. U. S. 510 (1968), and Taylor v. Louisiana
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  16. of the trial judge. Boulden v. Holman
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  17. the conviction as well as the sentence in a capital case. Nor was there any violation of the principles of Taylor v. Louisiana
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  18. A Prior to Furman v. Georgia
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  19. Mandatory death penalties had proved unsatisfactory, as the plurality noted in Woodson v. North
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  20. prior to Furman that discretion in sentencing offended the Constitution. See Pennslvania ex rel. Sullivan v. Ashe
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  21. Williams v. New
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  22. Williams v. Oklahoma
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  23. U. S. 576 , 358 U. S. 585 (1959). As recently as McGautha v. California
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  24. became impermissible under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments by virtue of the judgment in Furman. See Gregg v. Georgia
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  25. Woodson v. North
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  26. Roberts (Harry) v. Louisiana
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  27. large part, on the plurality opinions in Woodson, supra at 428 U. S. 303 -305, and Roberts (Stanislaus) v. Louisiana
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  28. criminal cases generally, although not constitutionally required, has long been accepted in this country. See Williams v. New
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  29. strength of the basis for individualized sentencing. For example, Mr. Justice Black, writing for the Court in Williams v. New
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  30. Ten years later, in Williams v. Oklahoma
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  31. Emphasis added.) See also Furman v. Georgia
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  32. Id. at 428 U. S. 272 -273 (opinion of STEWART, POWELL, and STEVENS, JJ.), citing and quoting, Jurek v. State
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  33. there is no constitutional distinction between the statute approved in Proffitt and Ohio's statute, see State v. Bayless
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  34. State v. Bell
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  35. State v. Bayless
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  36. and criminal record of the defendant in determining whether any of the mitigating circumstances is established, State v. Bell
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  37. State v. Bayless
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  38. See Woodson v. North
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  39. See Furman v. Georgia
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  40. Rockwell v. Superior
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  41. State v. Spence
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  42. and Roberts (Stanislaus) v. Louisiana
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  43. as, for example, when a prisoner -- or escapee -- under a life sentence is found guilty of murder. See Robert (Harry) v. Louisiana
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  44. U.S. Supreme Court Lockett v. Ohio
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  45. of Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  46. Taylor v. Louisiana
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  47. United States v. Jackson
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  48. See Griffin v. California
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  49. Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  50. and Taylor v. Louisiana
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