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Arave Vs. Creech

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Nov 10, 1992

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  1. Walton Vs. Arizona US Supreme Court · Jun 27, 1990
  2. Maynard Vs. Cartwright US Supreme Court · Jun 06, 1988
  3. Godfrey Vs. Georgia US Supreme Court · May 19, 1980
  4. ins Vs. Phinpathya US Supreme Court · Jan 10, 1984
  5. United States Vs. Frady US Supreme Court · Apr 05, 1982
  6. U.S. 463 (1992) October Term, 1992 Syllabus Arave, Warden V. Creech
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  7. is unconstitutionally vague and reaffirmed the limiting construction it had placed on the statutory language in State v. Osborn
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  8. specific and detailed guidance and make rationally reviewable the death sentencing process. See, e. g., Lewis v. Jeffers
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  9. those definitions are constitutionally sufficient, i. e., whether they provide some guidance. Walton v. Arizona
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  10. state court formulations of a limiting construction to ensure that they are consistent, see, e. g., Proffitt v. Florida
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  11. State v. Creech
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  12. is unconstitutionally vague, reaffirming the limiting construction it had placed on the statutory language in State v. Osborn
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  13. corpus in the United States District Court for the District of Idaho. The District Court denied relief. See Creech v. Arave
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  14. they merely emphasize it. Id., at 883-884 (citing Maynard v. Cartwright
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  15. also was deemed inadequate. The Court of Appeals construed our precedents, including Walton v. Arizona
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  16. U. S. 984 (1992). II This case is governed by the standards we articulated in Walton, supra, and Lewis v. Jeffers
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  17. Id., at 774 (quoting Gregg v. Georgia
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  18. U. S., at 774 (quoting Godfrey v. Georgia
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  19. without feeling or sympathy. We assume that legislators use words in their ordinary, everyday senses, see, e. g., INS v. Phinpathya
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  20. terms that describe a crime as a whole and that this Court has held to be unconstitutionally vague. See, e. g., Shell v. Mississippi
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  21. but a fact to be inferred from the surrounding circumstances. See United States Postal Service Bd. of Governors v. Aikens
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  22. quoting Edgington v. Fitzmaurice
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  23. Walton, supra, at 655 (quoting State v. Walton
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  24. cf. Proffitt v. Florida
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  25. examined other state decisions when the construction of an aggravating circumstance has been unclear. In Sochor v. Florida
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  26. see also Proffitt v. Florida
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  27. repeatedly, often reciting the definition given in Osborn verbatim. See, e. g., State v. Card
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  28. do more than merely invite the sentencer to assess in some indeterminate way the circumstances of each case. Clemons v. Mississippi
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  29. U. S. 420 , 428 (1980) (pluralityopinion), quoting Woodson v. North
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  30. requires a limiting construction, see State v. Osborn
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  31. Sivak v. State
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  32. used to describe killings that fall outside the majority's definition. In the first nine weeks of this 3Cf. State v. Charboneau
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  33. As such, the term is used to differentiate between first- and second-degree murders.13 For example, in United States v. Frady
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  34. See, e. g., McWilliams v. Estelle
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  35. People v. Sullivan
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  36. People v. Yates
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  37. Id., at 170, n. 18, quoting Austin v. United
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  38. kinds of other factors, however, have been invoked by Idaho courts applying the circumstance. For example, in State v. Aragon
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  39. Id., at 367,690 P. 2d, at 302. In State v. Pizzuto
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  40. conclusions that are unconstitutional under Maynard v. Cartwright
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  41. glaringly evident in the sole post-Osborn case that endeavors to explain the construction in any depth. In State v. Fain
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  42. Id., at 99, 744 P. 2d, at 269. Accord, State v. Card
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  43. Supreme Court found that the evidence did not support an utter disregard finding. Brieffor Petitioner 27, citing State v. Charboneau
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  44. U. S., at 693-694, n. 16 (dissenting opinion), quoting Cartwright v. Maynard
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  45. Syllabus Arave, Warden V. Creech
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  46. State v. Osborn
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  47. Lewis v. Jeffers
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  48. Proffitt v. Florida
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  49. See Creech v. Arave
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  50. and Lewis v. Jeffers
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