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Bullington Vs. Missouri

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 04, 1981

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  7. U.S. 430 (1981) U.S. Supreme Court Bullington v. Missouri
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  8. U.S. 430 (1981) Bullington v. Missouri
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  9. years. After granting petitioner's post-trial motion for a new trial because of the intervening decision in Duren v. Missouri
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  10. acquitted by a jury is available to him, with respect to the death penalty, at his retrial. The reasoning of Stroud v. United
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  11. at retrial after a defendant has succeeded in having his original conviction set aside. See North Carolina v. Pearce
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  12. Stroud v. United
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  13. sentence, and the sentencer's discretion in determining punishment was essentially unfettered. Although United States v. DiFrancesco
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  14. available to petitioner's jury under Missouri law. Pp. 451 U. S. 437 -441. (b) The rationale of Burks v. United
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  15. JJ., joined, post, p. 451 U. S. 447 . JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court. Stroud v. United
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  16. Like most death penalty legislation enacted after this Court's decision in Furman v. Georgia
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  17. grounds, for judgment of acquittal or, in the alternative, for a new trial. While that motion was pending, Duren v. Missouri
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  18. Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment (as made applicable to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment, Benton v. Maryland
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  19. en banc and by a divided vote, sustained the State's position and made the writ absolute. State ex rel. Westfall v. Mason
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  20. Double Jeopardy Clause forbids the retrial of a defendant who has been acquitted of the crime charged. United States v. DiFrancesco
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  21. Burks v. United
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  22. Page 451 U. S. 438 United States v. Martin
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  23. Fong Foo v. United
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  24. Green v. United
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  25. sentence at retrial after a defendant has succeeded in having his original conviction set aside. See North Carolina v. Pearce
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  26. U. S. 711 (1969). See also United States v. DiFrancesco
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  27. In only one prior case, United States v. DiFrancesco
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  28. the Missouri statute, the same standard required to be used at the trial on the issue of guilt or innocence. Jackson v. Virginia
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  29. when the underlying rationale of the cases is considered. The State here relies principally upon North Carolina v. Pearce
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  30. double jeopardy bar to retrying a defendant who has succeeded in overturning his conviction. See, e.g., United States v. Tateo
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  31. retried if he obtains a reversal of his conviction on the ground that the evidence was insufficient to convict. Burks v. United
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  32. Id. at 116 (emphasis in original). The decision in Burks was foreshadowed by Green v. United
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  33. Id. at 355 U. S. 190 . See also Price v. Georgia
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  34. as has been noted, state an exception to the general rule relied upon Page 451 U. S. 445 in North Carolina v. Pearce
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  35. States, 355 U.S. at 355 U. S. 187 -188. See also United States v. DiFrancesco
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  36. States, 437 U.S. at 437 U. S. 16 , the State is not entitled to another. V The
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  37. also are available at a sentencing hearing similar to that required by Missouri in a capital case. See, e.g., Specht v. Patterson
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  38. We therefore refrain from extending the reasoning of Stroud v. United
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  39. Harris v. Washington
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  40. U. S. 55 (1971). See Abney v. United
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  41. Subsequent to this Court's decisions in Furman v. Georgia
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  42. U. S. 238 (1972), and Gregg v. Georgia
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  43. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has relied upon this Court's cases construing the Double Jeopardy Clause. Sanne v. State
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  44. Brasfield v. State
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  45. Ward v. State
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  46. language of this statute to the jury, giving it no further guidance as to the appropriate penalty. Record in Stroud v. United
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  47. U.S. Supreme Court Bullington v. Missouri
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  48. Duren v. Missouri
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  49. of Stroud v. United
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  50. See North Carolina v. Pearce
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