Citation network
Schriro Vs. Summerlin
Cites for this judgment
- US Supreme Court
- Jun 24, 2004
Citation network · 7-day free trial
Brief every cited case in minutes
Open an 18-section AI Brief on any citation below, ask scoped follow-ups, and find related precedents with Semantic Search. Full trial - no card required.
- 18-section brief - facts, issues, ratio, relief
- Ask this case - answers cite the judgment
- Semantic search - find precedents by meaning
- Research drawer - sections, cites, related cases
No card required · credentials emailed · Log in if you already have an account
-
Syllabus October Term, 2003 Schriro V. SummerlinSearch
-
Supreme Court of the United States Schriro, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections V. SummerlinSearch
-
s subsequent federal habeas case was pending in the Ninth Circuit, this Court decided that Apprendi v. NewSearch
-
s scheme. Ring v. ArizonaSearch
-
are given retroactive effect. Saffle v. ParksSearch
-
joined. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Stevens, Souter, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. Schriro v. SummerlinSearch
-
Opinion of the Court Schriro V. SummerlinSearch
-
Of the United States No. 03-526 Dora B. Schriro, Director, Arizona Depart- Ment of Corrections, Petitioner V. WarrenSearch
-
Justice Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court. In this case, we decide whether Ring v. ArizonaSearch
-
Brief any citation in this list with AI Studio
-
mitigating factors, the judge imposed the death sentence. The Arizona Supreme Court affirmed on direct review. State v. SummerlinSearch
-
s case was pending in the Ninth Circuit, we decided Apprendi v. NewSearch
-
Jersey, 530 U. S. 466 (2000), and Ring v. ArizonaSearch
-
We specifically overruled our earlier decision in Walton v. ArizonaSearch
-
s death sentence. Summerlin v. StewartSearch
-
that rule applies to all criminal cases still pending on direct review. Griffith v. KentuckySearch
-
This includes decisions that narrow the scope of a criminal statute by interpreting its terms, see Bousley v. UnitedSearch
-
s power to punish, see Saffle v. ParksSearch
-
or faces a punishment that the law cannot impose upon him. Bousley , supra , at 620 (quoting Davis v. UnitedSearch
-
U. S. 656 , 667, n. 7 (2001) (quoting Sawyer v. SmithSearch
-
this fashion are prototypical procedural rules, a conclusion we have reached in numerous other contexts. See Gasperini v. CenterSearch
-
Landgraf v. USISearch
-
see also Sattazahn v. PennsylvaniaSearch
-
s previous conclusion to the contrary. See State v. TowerySearch
-
they certainly thought juries were more independent, see Blakely v. WashingtonSearch
-
quoting Desist v. UnitedSearch
-
greater experience. See Proffitt v. FloridaSearch
-
cannot confidently say that judicial factfinding seriously diminishes accuracy. Our decision in DeStefano v. WoodsSearch
-
U. S. 631 (1968) (per curiam) , is on point. There we refused to give retroactive effect to Duncan v. LouisianaSearch
-
Because Arizona law already required aggravating factors to be proved beyond a reasonable doubt, see State v. JordanSearch
-
and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, 110 Stat. 1214, the provisions of that Act do not apply. See Lindh v. MurphySearch
-
Apprendi violation because the prior-conviction aggravator, exempt from Apprendi under Almendarez-Torres v. UnitedSearch
-
s bar on retroactive application of procedural rules, see, e.g. , Horn v. BanksSearch
-
Respondent also argues that Ring was substantive because our understanding of Arizona law changed. Compare Ring v. ArizonaSearch
-
with Apprendi v. NewSearch
-
Even if our understanding of state law changed, however, the actual content of state law did not. See State v. RingSearch
-
State v. GretzlerSearch
-
did not favor retroactivity. Schriro v. SummerlinSearch
-
Breyer, J., Dissenting Schriro V. SummerlinSearch
-
Justice Breyer, with whom Justice Stevens, Justice Souter, and Justice Ginsburg join, dissenting. In Ring v. ArizonaSearch
-
i.e ., a sentence that was already final on direct review when Ring was decided . Teague v. LaneSearch
-
that death is a legally appropriate punishment . Id. , at 313 (emphasis added). See Sawyer v. SmithSearch
-
Dell v. NetherlandSearch
-
Cf. Apprendi v. NewSearch
-
Apprendi v. NewSearch
AI Brief on cited cases - 7-day free trial