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Kansas Vs. Marsh

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 26, 2006

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  3. Boyde Vs. California US Supreme Court · Mar 05, 1990
  4. Cox Broadcasting Corp. Vs. Cohn US Supreme Court · Mar 03, 1975
  5. Mccleskey Vs. Kemp US Supreme Court · Apr 22, 1987
  6. Syllabus October Term, 2005 Kansas V. Marsh
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  7. Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn
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  8. purposes in like circumstances, see, e.g., Florida v. Meyers
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  9. that the judgment was based on state law, the State Supreme Court having previously reviewed the statute in State v. Kleypas
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  10. a) Walton v. Arizona
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  11. penalty jurisprudence lead to the same conclusion. So long as a state system satisfies the requirements of Furman v. Georgia
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  12. U. S. 238 , and Gregg v. Georgia
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  13. opinion. Souter, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Stevens, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Kansas v. Marsh
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  14. Opinion of the Court Kansas V. Marsh
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  15. Supreme Court of the United States No. 04-1170 Kansas, Petitioner V. Michael
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  16. as construed by Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn
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  17. purposes in like circumstances, see Florida v. Meyers
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  18. of that provision under federal law, the latter issue having been resolved by the Kansas Supreme Court in State v. Kleypas
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  19. Amendments to the United States Constitution. We, therefore, have jurisdiction to review its decision. See Michigan v. Long
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  20. III This case is controlled by Walton v. Arizona
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  21. U. S. 639 (1990), overruled on other grounds, Ring v. Arizona
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  22. s decision in State v. Walton
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  23. s decision in Adamson v. Ricketts
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  24. Brief for Petitioner in Walton v. Arizona
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  25. permits a jury to consider any mitigating evidence comports with that requirement. Id ., at 652 (citing Blystone v. Pennsylvania
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  26. are free to determine the manner in which a jury may consider mitigating evidence. 497 U. S., at 652 (citing Boyde v. California
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  27. statute cannot be said to impermissibly, much less automatically, impose death. 497 U. S., at 652 (citing Woodson v. North
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  28. Carolina, 428 U. S. 280 (1976) (plurality opinion), and Roberts v. Louisiana
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  29. See State v. Ysea
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  30. State v. Gretzler
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  31. conclude that the Kansas capital sentencing system is constitutionally permissible. Together, our decisions in Furman v. Georgia
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  32. U. S. 238 (1972) (per curiam), and Gregg v. Georgia
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  33. death penalty, including the manner in which aggravating and mitigating circumstances are to be weighed. See Franklin v. Lynaugh
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  34. U. S. 164 , 179 (1988) (plurality opinion) (citing Zant v. Stephens
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  35. The use of mitigation evidence is a product of the requirement of individualized sentencing. See Graham v. Collins
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  36. Thomas, J., concurring) (discussing the development of mitigation precedent). In Lockett v. Ohio
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  37. information. Id ., at 603 (alteration omitted) (quoting Williams v. New
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  38. Following Lockett , in Eddings v. Oklahoma
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  39. see also Skipper v. South
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  40. Blystone , 494 U. S., at 308 (quoting McCleskey v. Kemp
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  41. may use equipoise as a loophole to shirk its constitutional duty to render a reasoned, moral decision, see California v. Brown
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  42. in which a jury is constitutionally tasked to engage when deciding the appropriate sentence for a capital defendant. v. Justice
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  43. U. S. 370 , 378 (1990) (citing Boyd v. United
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  44. People v. Smith
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  45. Scalia, J., Concurring Kansas V. Marsh
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  46. which makes plain why Walton v. Arizona
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  47. Post , at 3 (quoting California v. Ramos
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  48. case below), and State v. Kleypas
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  49. with, e.g. , State v. Hoffman
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  50. and Jones v. Dugger
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