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Lewis Vs. Jeffers
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- Jun 27, 1990
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U.S. 764 (1990) U.S. Supreme Court Lewis v. JeffersSearch
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U.S. 764 (1990) Lewis v. JeffersSearch
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aggravating circumstance in this case contravened Godfrey v. GeorgiaSearch
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U. S. 420 , 446 U. S. 428 , and Maynard v. CartwrightSearch
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claim that Arizona has not construed the circumstance in a constitutionally narrow manner is disposed of by Walton v. ArizonaSearch
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standard of Jackson v. VirginiaSearch
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On direct review of his conviction and sentence, the Arizona Supreme Court, following this Court's decision in Lockett v. OhioSearch
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U. S. 586 (1978), vacated respondent's death sentence and remanded for resentencing. See State v. WatsonSearch
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App. 11-16. On direct appeal, the Arizona Supreme Court affirmed the convictions and sentences. State v. JeffersSearch
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manner, and that the infliction of gratuitous violence on the victim was one factor. See ibid. (citing State v. GretzlerSearch
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Ariz. 42, 659 P.2d 1, cert. denied, 461 U.S. 971 (1983), and State v. CejaSearch
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that the apparent relish with which the defendant commits the murder was another factor. Ibid. (citing State v. BishopSearch
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circumstance, as construed and applied by the court, was unconstitutionally broad. Relying on its decision in State v. GretzlerSearch
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circumstance was unconstitutionally vague as applied to him. Jeffers v. RickettsSearch
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F)(6) aggravating circumstance was not unconstitutionally vague on its face. Id. at 482 (citing Chaney v. LewisSearch
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Id. at 486 (citing Godfrey v. GeorgiaSearch
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of the subsection (F)(6) aggravating circumstance in this case contravened this Court's decisions in Godfrey v. GeorgiaSearch
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supra, and Maynard v. CartwrightSearch
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U. S. 153 , 428 U. S. 188 (1976) (joint opinion) (quoting Furman v. GeorgiaSearch
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Proffitt v. FloridaSearch
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In Godfrey v. GeorgiaSearch
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to make a principled distinction between those who deserve the death penalty and those who do not. See Spaziano v. FloridaSearch
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Barclay v. FloridaSearch
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U. S. 231 , 484 U. S. 244 -246 (1988). Indeed, in Maynard v. CartwrightSearch
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s subsection Page 497 U. S. 777 (F)(6) aggravating circumstance to the facts of respondent's case. See State v. JeffersSearch
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by the Arizona courts, was not unconstitutionally vague on its face. See 832 F.2d at 482 (citing Chaney v. LewisSearch
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quotations omitted). Even had the Court of Appeals not so held, we resolved any doubt about the matter in Walton v. ArizonaSearch
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Brief for Petitioner in Walton v. ArizonaSearch
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a de novo, case-by-case comparison of the facts of those cases with the facts of the instant case. See McCleskey v. KempSearch
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to the facts of his case. Because federal habeas corpus relief does not lie for errors of state law, see, e.g., Pulley v. HarrisSearch
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was so arbitrary or capricious as to constitute an independent due process or Eighth Amendment violation. Cf. Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSearch
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standard established in Jackson v. VirginiaSearch
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and to assess the mental state and attitude of the perpetrator as reflected by his words and actions. See, e.g., State v. CarrigerSearch
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question of law and fact, cf. Sumner v. MataSearch
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is a matter of state law, is reviewable by the federal courts only under the 'rational factfinder' rule of Jackson v. VirginiaSearch
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State v. JeffersSearch
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aggravating circumstance, see State v. GretzlerSearch
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The Court of Appeals, deeming itself bound by Circuit precedent, rejected respondent's first contention. Jeffers v. RickettsSearch
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F.2d 476, 482 (1987), citing Chaney v. LewisSearch
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pending a further decision of this court, sitting en banc, in Adamson v. RickettsSearch
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Order of March 30, 1988. Several months later, the en banc court issued its decision in Adamson v. RickettsSearch
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was announced by the Arizona Supreme Court in State v. GretzlerSearch
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U.S. Supreme Court Lewis v. JeffersSearch
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