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California Vs. Ramos

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jul 06, 1983

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  1. Beck Vs. Alabama US Supreme Court · Jun 20, 1980
  2. Lockett Vs. Ohio US Supreme Court · Jul 03, 1978
  3. Gardner Vs. Florida US Supreme Court · Mar 22, 1977
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  4. Proffitt Vs. Florida US Supreme Court · Jul 02, 1976
  5. Jurek Vs. Texas US Supreme Court · Jul 02, 1976
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  6. Enmund Vs. Florida US Supreme Court · Jul 02, 1982
  7. Eddings Vs. Oklahoma US Supreme Court · Jan 19, 1982
  8. Lloyd A. Fry Roofing Co. Vs. Wood US Supreme Court · Dec 08, 1952
  9. U.S. 992 (1983) U.S. Supreme Court California v. Ramos
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  10. U.S. 992 (1983) California v. Ramos
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  11. s probable future dangerousness. A jury's consideration of the factor of future dangerousness was upheld in Jurek v. Texas
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  12. Instruction result in any diminution in the reliability of the sentencing decision of the kind condemned in Gardner v. Florida
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  13. innocence determination. Beck v. Alabama
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  14. Woodson v. North
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  15. has been determined that the defendant falls within the category of persons eligible for the death penalty. In Gregg v. Georgia
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  16. schemes of five States to determine whether those schemes had cured the constitutional defects identified in Furman v. Georgia
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  17. Moreover, in Woodson v. North
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  18. This principle of individualization was extended in Lockett v. Ohio
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  19. Finally, in Gardner v. Florida
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  20. decision and that it is too speculative an element for the jury's consideration. On this point, we find Jurek v. Texas
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  21. Nor is there any diminution in the reliability of the sentencing decision of the kind condemned in Gardner v. Florida
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  22. instruction diverts the jury from undertaking the kind of individualized sentencing determination that, under Woodson v. North
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  23. Respondent also relies on Beck v. Alabama
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  24. by an instruction on the possible commutation of a death sentence that led the California Supreme Court, in People v. Morse
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  25. the jury of the Governor's power to commute a death sentence did not render it constitutionally infirm. In People v. Morse
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  26. the adequacy of this ruling to support reversal of the sentence was not addressed by the state court. See Michigan v. Long
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  27. See Eddings v. Oklahoma
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  28. individual defendant. 428 U.S. at 428 U. S. 164 -165. By contrast, under the Texas scheme approved in Jurek v. Texas
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  29. Cf. Godfrey v. Georgia
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  30. Woodson, supra, at 428 U. S. 304 . See also Gregg v. Georgia
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  31. U.S. at 428 U. S. 189 (quoting Pennsylvania ex rel. Sullivan v. Ashe
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  32. Zant v. Stephens
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  33. does not, and indeed could not, contend that the California sentencing scheme violates the directive of Lockett v. Ohio
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  34. informational base when it considers the defendant's future dangerousness than does a California jury. In Estelle v. Smith
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  35. how the commutation factor is to figure into its determination presents no constitutional problem. As we held in Zant v. Stephens
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  36. Ibid. Our approval in Gregg v. Georgia
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  37. P.2d at 933 (emphasis in original). We defer to the State Supreme Court's finding on this point. See, e.g., Wolfe v. North
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  38. the division of responsibility between the sentencer and other authorities effected by that scheme. See, e.g., People v. Walker
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  39. State v. Lindsey
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  40. not in terms of the clear meaning provided for it by the legislature, but in terms of a particular number of years versus the
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  41. Poole v. State
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  42. State v. Atkinson
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  43. quoting State v. White
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  44. N.J. 158, 177-178, 142 A.2d 65, 76 (1958)). See also Sukle v. People
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  45. U.S. Supreme Court California v. Ramos
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  46. In Gregg v. Georgia
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  47. Furman v. Georgia
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  48. People v. Morse
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  49. In People v. Morse
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  50. See Michigan v. Long
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