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Spaziano Vs. Florida
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- US Supreme Court
- Jul 02, 1984
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U.S. 447 (1984) U.S. Supreme Court Spaziano v. FloridaSearch
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U.S. 447 (1984) Spaziano v. FloridaSearch
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in support thereof. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the conviction, rejecting petitioner's contention that Beck v. AlabamaSearch
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On the facts, it was not error for the trial judge to refuse to instruct the jury on lesser included offenses. Beck v. AlabamaSearch
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drugs on the day of the visit to the garbage dump, and he had been able to direct the police to the site. See Spaziano v. StateSearch
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On appeal, the Supreme Court of Florida affirmed the conviction, but reversed the death sentence. Spaziano v. StateSearch
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petitioner had not been convicted. Neither party had received a copy of that confidential portion. Relying on Gardner v. FloridaSearch
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to present evidence in response. In a memorandum of supplemental authority, petitioner also urged that Beck v. AlabamaSearch
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allowing the jury's recommendation to be binding would Page 468 U. S. 454 violate the requirements of Furman v. GeorgiaSearch
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meets the clear and convincing test to allow override of the jury's recommendation in accordance with . . . Tedder v. StateSearch
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II We turn first to the trial court's refusal to give an instruction on lesser included offenses. In Beck v. AlabamaSearch
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of convicting the defendant of a lesser included offense. Id. at 447 U. S. 637 . See also Keeble v. UnitedSearch
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Amendment's Double Jeopardy Clause made applicable to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment. See Benton v. MarylandSearch
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sentencing is so much like a trial on guilt or innocence that it is controlled by the Court's decision in Duncan v. LouisianaSearch
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that a capital proceeding in many respects resembles a trial on the issue of guilt or innocence. See Bullington v. MissouriSearch
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efforts to persuade a sentencer to impose the death penalty. Id. at 451 U. S. 445 , quoting Green v. UnitedSearch
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Arizona v. PageSearch
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evaluate the unique circumstances of the individual defendant and the sentencer's decision for life is final. Arizona v. RumseySearch
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sentencing proceeding -- a determination of the appropriate punishment to be imposed on an individual. See Lockett v. OhioSearch
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Woodson v. NorthSearch
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U. S. 280 , 428 U. S. 304 (1976) (plurality opinion), citing Pennsylvania ex rel. Sullivan v. AsheSearch
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U. S. 51 , 302 U. S. 55 (1937), and Williams v. NewSearch
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of the death penalty requires the benefit of a jury. In Furman v. GeorgiaSearch
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of its conclusion that, under those statutes, the penalty was applied arbitrarily and discriminatorily. See also Gregg v. GeorgiaSearch
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Eddings Page 468 U. S. 460 v. OklahomaSearch
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distinguish between those individuals for whom death is an appropriate sanction and those for whom it is not. Zant v. StephensSearch
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allow the sentencer to consider the individual circumstances of the defendant, his background, and his crime. Lockett v. OhioSearch
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the risk that jury sentencing will result in arbitrary or discriminatory application of the death penalty, see Gregg v. GeorgiaSearch
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cases. Whatever the sentence, its deterrent function is primarily a consideration for the legislature. Gregg v. GeorgiaSearch
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the discretion of the sentencing authority, whether judge or jury, must be limited and reviewable. See, e.g., Gregg v. GeorgiaSearch
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the death penalty is authorized and the particular circumstances in which death is appropriate are defined. See Gregg v. GeorgiaSearch
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as a link between the community and the penal system and as a bulwark between the accused and the State. See Gregg v. GeorgiaSearch
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Williams v. FloridaSearch
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is violated by a challenged practice. See Enmund v. FloridaSearch
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are unwilling to say that there is any one right way for a State to set up its capital sentencing scheme. See Pulley v. HarrisSearch
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and his circumstances and ensuring that the penalty is not imposed arbitrarily or discriminatorily. Barclay v. FloridaSearch
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after receiving the advice of the jury. The advice does not become a judgment simply because it comes from the jury. v. Petitioner'sSearch
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Florida Supreme Court has announced for allowing a trial court to override a jury's recommendation of life. See Tedder v. StateSearch
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has recognized the significant safeguard the Tedder standard affords a capital defendant in Florida. See Dobbert v. FloridaSearch
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U.S. Supreme Court Spaziano v. FloridaSearch
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Beck v. AlabamaSearch
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See Spaziano v. StateSearch
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Spaziano v. StateSearch
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