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Sumner Vs. Nevada Dept. of Prisons
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- Jun 22, 1987
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Sumner v. NevadaSearch
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Dept. of Prisons - 483 U.S. 66 (1987) U.S. Supreme Court Sumner v. NevadaSearch
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Dept. of Prisons, 483 U.S. 66 (1987) Sumner v. NevadaSearch
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the mandatory imposition of the death sentence violated his rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Shuman v. StateSearch
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all his claims except his challenge to the constitutionality of the mandatorily imposed death sentence. Shuman v. WolffSearch
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convicted of murder. Id. at 216. The District Court reasoned, however, that, under the rule set forth in Eddings v. OklahomaSearch
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at 218. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the District Court's judgment. Shuman v. WolffSearch
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Id. at 796, quoting People v. SmithSearch
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was sentenced to death was in force for four years. It was enacted shortly after this Court's decision in Furman v. GeorgiaSearch
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U. S. 238 (1972) (per curiam), and was repealed soon after the decisions in Gregg v. GeorgiaSearch
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U. S. 153 (1976), and Woodson v. NorthSearch
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mandatory capital sentencing procedures prior to Furman because they had proved unsatisfactory, see Woodson v. NorthSearch
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procedures would avoid the arbitrary and capricious pitfalls of unguided discretionary procedures. See Woodson v. NorthSearch
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Roberts (Stanislaus) v. LouisianaSearch
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U. S. 325 , 428 U. S. 328 -329, 428 U. S. 331 (1976) (plurality opinion). See also Furman v. GeorgiaSearch
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authority about how to determine the appropriateness of the death penalty in a particular case. See, e.g., Gregg v. GeorgiaSearch
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responses to Furman and the uncertain state of capital punishment law following that decision. See Woodson v. NorthSearch
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by the Eighth Amendment in the determination whether the death penalty is appropriate in a particular case. See Gregg v. GeorgiaSearch
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Woodson v. NorthSearch
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Woodson v. NorthSearch
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circumstances pertaining to the offense and a range of factors about the defendant as an individual. See Gregg v. GeorgiaSearch
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to permit presentation of mitigating circumstances for the consideration of the sentencing authority. See Woodson v. NorthSearch
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It led the Court to invalidate another aspect of Louisiana's mandatory statute the following year. See Roberts (Harry) v. LouisianaSearch
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authority's consideration of mitigating circumstances had been restrained in some manner. Beginning with Lockett v. OhioSearch
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Id. at 438 U. S. 604 (emphasis in original). In Eddings v. OklahomaSearch
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Finally, earlier this Term, in Hitchcock v. DuggerSearch
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Id. at 491 U. S. 398 -399. We unequivocally relied on the rulings in Lockett v. OhioSearch
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and Eddings v. OklahomaSearch
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of such a statute, see Woodson v. NorthSearch
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U.S. at 428 U. S. 287 , n. 7 (plurality opinion), or a particular deterrence concern, see Gregg v. GeorgiaSearch
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n. 11 (plurality opinion), could render individualized sentencing unnecessary. See also Roberts (Stanislaus) v. LouisianaSearch
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Roberts (Harry) v. LouisianaSearch
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convicted of murder may vary according to the extent of that individual's participation in the crime. See, e.g., Tison v. ArizonaSearch
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Skipper v. SouthSearch
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statutes for life-term inmates in the other States were struck down as unconstitutional by state courts. See People v. SmithSearch
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State v. ClineSearch
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Graham v. SuperiorSearch
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In rejecting the mandatory capital sentencing provision before the Court in Roberts (Stanislaus) v. LouisianaSearch
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U.S. Supreme Court Sumner v. NevadaSearch
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the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Shuman v. StateSearch
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Shuman v. WolffSearch
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Eddings v. OklahomaSearch
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People v. SmithSearch
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Furman v. GeorgiaSearch
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