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BaldwIn Vs. Alabama

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 17, 1985

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  1. Gregg Vs. Georgia US Supreme Court · Jul 02, 1976
  2. Lockett Vs. Ohio US Supreme Court · Jul 03, 1978
  3. Jurek Vs. Texas US Supreme Court · Jul 02, 1976
  4. Witherspoon Vs. Illinois US Supreme Court · Jun 03, 1968
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  5. Beck Vs. Alabama US Supreme Court · Jun 20, 1980
  6. U.S. 372 (1985) U.S. Supreme Court Baldwin v. Alabama
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  7. U.S. 372 (1985) Baldwin v. Alabama
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  8. of death. Beck v. Alabama
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  9. United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled that the scheme was facially unconstitutional. Ritter v. Smith
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  10. Ala.Rule App. Proc. 39(c). See Beck v. State
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  11. Evans v. Britton
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  12. SD Ala.1979), rev'd on other grounds, 628 F.2d 400 (CA5 1980), 639 F.2d 221 (1981), rev'd sub nom. Hopper v. Evans
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  13. petitioner contended that the 1975 Act was facially invalid. Tracking the reasoning of the Eleventh Circuit in Ritter v. Smith
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  14. the dispositive sentence, the Alabama scheme would be unconstitutional under the principles announced in Woodson v. North
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  15. Carolina, 428 U. S. 280 (1976) (plurality opinion), and Roberts (Stanislaus) v. Louisiana
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  16. U. S. 325 (1976) (plurality opinion). See Page 472 U. S. 380 also Roberts (Harry) v. Louisiana
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  17. see also Page 472 U. S. 382 Eddings v. Oklahoma
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  18. Woodson v. North
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  19. would violate the Constitution. Zant v. Stephens
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  20. as a recommendation as to the sentence the jury believed would be appropriate, cf. Proffitt v. Florida
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  21. See Proffitt v. Florida
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  22. Jacobs v. State
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  23. Beck v. State
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  24. Richardson v. State
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  25. footnote omitted). Page 472 U. S. 385 See also Ritter v. State
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  26. of death. He points to this Court's opinion in Beck v. Alabama
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  27. the first 50 defendants tried for capital crimes during the time the 1975 Act was in effect were acquitted. See Beck v. Alabama
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  28. U. S. 447 , 468 U. S. 464 (1984). See also Zant v. Stephens
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  29. Ala.Acts, No. 213, effective March 7, 1976. Act No. 213 was enacted in response to this Court's decision in Furman v. Georgia
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  30. This Court, however, 448 U.S. 903 (1980), vacated and remanded the case for reconsideration in the light of Beck v. Alabama
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  31. ruled that due process requires a lesser included offense instruction only when warranted by the evidence, Hopper v. Evans
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  32. independently weigh those circumstances to determine whether the imposition of a death sentence is appropriate. Jacobs v. State
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  33. Beck v. State
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  34. So.2d at 32. Upon reaffirming petitioner's conviction in light of Hopper v. Evans
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  35. in violation of Lockett v. Ohio
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  36. Following this Court's decisions in Beck v. Alabama
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  37. U. S. 625 (1980), and Hopper v. Evans
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  38. Emphasis in original.) Beck v. State
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  39. Ex parte Baldwin, 456 So.2d 129, 138 (Ala.1984) (quoting Ritter v. Smith
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  40. penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia
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  41. App. 18. In my dissenting opinion in Spaziano v. Florida
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  42. unless the jury is willing to violate a sworn oath and nullify the evidence, the death sentence is automatic. See Beck v. Alabama
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  43. Roberts v. Louisiana
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  44. cannot be said to represent the sort of considered community judgment the Court has approved in the past. See Jurek v. Texas
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  45. U.S. Supreme Court Baldwin v. Alabama
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  46. Ritter v. Smith
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  47. See Beck v. State
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  48. Hopper v. Evans
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  49. and Roberts (Stanislaus) v. Louisiana
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  50. Roberts (Harry) v. Louisiana
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