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Morgan Vs. Illinois

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 15, 1992

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  1. Palko Vs. Connecticut US Supreme Court · Dec 06, 1937
  2. Tumey Vs. Ohio US Supreme Court · Mar 07, 1927
  3. Wainwright Vs. Witt US Supreme Court · Jan 21, 1985
  4. Ross Vs. Oklahoma US Supreme Court · Jun 22, 1988
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  5. Ristaino Vs. Ross US Supreme Court · Mar 03, 1976
  6. Turner Vs. Murray US Supreme Court · Apr 30, 1986
  7. U.S. 719 (1992) October Term, 1991 Syllabus Morgan V. Illinois
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  8. dire to select the jury for petitioner Morgan's capital murder trial. The State requested, pursuant to Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  9. consider the evidence of aggravating and mitigating circumstances as the instructions require. Cf., e. g., Wainwright v. Witt
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  10. to identify such persons by questioning them at voir dire about their views on the death penalty. Cf. Lockhart v. McCree
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  11. chosen. In accordance with Illinois law, the trial court, rather than the attorneys, conducted voir dire. People v. Gacy
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  12. The State, having elected to pursue capital punishment, requested inquiry permitted by Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  13. Supreme Court affirmed petitioner's conviction and death sentence, rejecting petitioner's claim that, pursuant to Ross v. Oklahoma
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  14. People v. Jackson
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  15. any one right way for a State to set up its capital sentencing 125, 156 (1991). See also State v. Atkins
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  16. so long as, by questions and oath, each juror swears to be fair and impartial and to follow the law. See Riley v. State
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  17. State v. Hyman
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  18. S. E. 2d 209, 211-212 (1981), cert. denied, 458 U. S. 1122 (1982). Missouri appears to be of this view as well. State v. McMillin
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  19. U. S. 881 (1990). California, Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Utah, and Virginia disagree, see People v. Bittaker
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  20. Skipper v. State
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  21. State v. Henry
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  22. State v. Williams
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  23. State v. Rogers
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  24. State v. Norton
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  25. Patterson v. Commonwealth
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  26. Va. 653, 657-660, 283 S. E. 2d 212, 214-216 (1981), as apparently do Arkansas, Florida, and Kentucky, see Pickens v. State
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  27. Gore v. State
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  28. Morris v. Commonwealth
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  29. S. W. 2d 58, 60 (Ky. 1989). Lower courts in Alabama also follow this latter view. See Bracewell v. State
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  30. cf. Henderson v. State
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  31. and whether the voir dire in this case was constitutionally sufficient. A Duncan v. Louisiana
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  32. jury. Prior to this decision applying the Sixth Amendment's jury trial provision to the States, we recognized in Irvin v. Dowd
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  33. U. S. 717 (1961), and in Turner v. Louisiana
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  34. has said that the Fourteenth Amendment does not demand the use of jury trials in a State's criminal procedure, Fay v. New
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  35. he stands unsworne.' Co. Litt. 155b. His verdict must be based upon the evidence developed at the trial. Cf. Thompson v. City
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  36. s Trial 416 (1807). 'The theory of the law is that a juror who has formed an opinion cannot be impartial.' Reynolds v. United
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  37. supra, at 721-722 (footnote omitted). In Turner v. Louisiana
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  38. cf. Groppi v. Wisconsin
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  39. capital sentencing juries and presenting issues most analogous to that which we decide here today, e. g., Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  40. Adams v. Texas
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  41. Fourteenth Amendments to ensure the impartiality of any jury that will undertake capital sentencing. See also Turner v. Murray
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  42. U. S., at 424 (quoting Adams v. Texas
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  43. of his or her instructions, is not an impartial juror and must be removed for cause. Thereafter, in Ross v. Oklahoma
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  44. U. S. 589 , 594 (1976) (quoting Connors v. United
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  45. of a defendant's right to an impartial jury is an adequate voir dire to identify unqualified jurors. Dennis v. United
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  46. Morford v. United
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  47. RosalesLopez v. United
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  48. Aldridge v. United
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  49. cases, to find that certain inquiries must be made to effectuate constitutional protections, see, e. g., Turner v. Murray
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  50. Syllabus Morgan V. Illinois
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