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Hopkins Vs. Reeves

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Feb 23, 1998

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  1. Cabana Vs. Bullock US Supreme Court · Jan 22, 1986
  2. Teague Vs. Lane US Supreme Court · Feb 22, 1989
  3. U.S. 88 (1998) October Term, 1997 Syllabus Hopkins, Warden V. Reeves
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  4. inter alia, that the trial court's failure to give the requested instructions was unconstitutional under Beck v. Alabama
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  5. one crime, had not attempted to prove and indeed had ignored during trial. Pp. 98-99. (c) The requirement of Tison v. Arizona
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  6. U. S. 137 , and Enmund v. Florida
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  7. trial, so long as the requirement is satisfied at some point thereafter, such as at sentencing or on appeal. Cabana v. Bullock
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  8. JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the opinion of the Court. In Beck v. Alabama
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  9. to kill is conclusively presumed if the State proves intent to 92 commit the underlying felony. State v. Reeves
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  10. to death on both convictions. After the Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed his convictions and sentences, State v. Reeves
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  11. N. W. 2d 433, cert. denied, 469 U. S. 1028 (1984), respondent unsuccessfully pursued state collateral relief, State v. Reeves
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  12. This Court then vacated the Nebraska Supreme Court's judgment for further consideration in light of Clemons v. Mississippi
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  13. because respondent's death sentence had been based in part on an invalid aggravating factor. See Reeves v. Nebraska
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  14. reweighed the applicable aggravating and mitigating factors, and reaffirmed respondent's sentences. State v. Reeves
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  15. that felony murder in Nebraska does not require a culpable mental state with respect to the killing, because in Enmund v. Flor-
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  16. ida, 458 U. S. 782 (1982), and Tison v. Arizona
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  17. the decision below conflicted with a prior decision of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, see Greenawalt v. Ricketts
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  18. under Teague v. Lane
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  19. for the first time in its petition for a writ of certiorari, we choose to decide the case on the merits. Cf. Godinez v. Moran
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  20. cases, that second-degree murder and manslaughter are not lesser included offenses of felony murder. See, e. g., State v. Price
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  21. State v. Masters
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  22. State v. Ruyle
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  23. State v. McDonald
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  24. Thompson v. State
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  25. Alabama's scheme from the practices in the rest of the States. See 447 U. S., at 636, n. 12 (citing State v. Hegwood
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  26. Morgan v. State
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  27. is convicted only of second-degree murder or manslaughter, that conviction must be reversed on appeal. See Thompson v. State
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  28. conviction for a capital offense and acquittal. Brief for United States as Amicus Curiae 20 (citing California v. Ramos
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  29. included offense of a particular crime, the States have adopted a variety of approaches. See, e. g., State v. Berlin
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  30. Peo ple v. Beach
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  31. State v. Curtis
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  32. Cf. Schmuck v. United
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  33. it currently employs the former. See State v. Williams
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  34. Neb. 959, 963965, 503 N. W. 2d 561, 564-565 (1993) (readopting statutory elements test), overruling State v. Garza
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  35. Neb. 202, 207-208, 459 N. W. 2d 739, 743 (1990) (reaffirming cognate evidence test), disapproving State v. Lovelace
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  36. F. 3d, at 982 (quoting Spaziano v. Florida
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  37. told that if it convicted the defendant of the charged offense, it was required to impose the death penalty. See Beck v. Alabama
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  38. supra, at 455. The Court of Appeals also erroneously relied upon our decisions in Tison v. Arizona
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  39. U. S. 137 (1987), and Enmund v. Florida
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  40. their definitions of felony murder to include a mens rea requirement with respect to the killing.8 In Cabana v. Bullock
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  41. As the Court ruled in State v. Ellis
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  42. death penalty on respondent for the offense of felony murder. As a matter of federal constitutional law, under Enmund v. Florida
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  43. U. S. 782 (1982), it could not do so without proving that re- 1 See, e. g., State v. Price
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  44. Neb. 625,636-637,240 N. W. 2d 8, 15 (1976). 102 spondent intended to kill his victim, or under Tison v. Ari
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  45. included offense of felony murder does not, therefore, apply to this case.2 To be faithful to the teaching of Beck v. Alabama
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  46. and therefore barred a second prosecution under that section for either felony murder or premeditated murder. Nebraska v. White
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  47. Syllabus Hopkins, Warden V. Reeves
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  48. Beck v. Alabama
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  49. of Tison v. Arizona
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  50. and Enmund v. Florida
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