Punishable - Judgment Search Results

Ralston Vs. Robinson

Court: US Supreme Court

since w hatever views may be entertained regarding severity of punishment t hese are peculiarly questions of legislative policy gore v

Bullington Vs. Missouri

Court: US Supreme Court

..... and his presentence hearing resulted in the jury s additional verdict fixing petitioner s punishment at life imprisonment without eligibility for probation or parole for 50 years after granting ..... procedures there is no justification in the constitution for barring missouri from exacting that punishment unless missouri s interest in doing so conflicts with constitutionally protected interests of the .....

S.P. Gupta Vs. President of India and ors.

Court: Supreme Court of India

Reported in: AIR1982SC149; 1981Supp(1)SCC87; [1982]2SCR365

..... facie punitive and therefore violative of article 124 4 because if they amount to punishment then the punishment can only be for his misbehaviour or incapacity as contemplated by article 124 4 ..... strictly objective reasons personal considerations must be wholly kept out in such cases analysing this sentence it would mean that wholesale transfer of chief justices referable to an objective norm that .....

Weaver Vs. Graham

Court: US Supreme Court

..... alters the consequences attached to a crime already completed changing the quantum of punishment and thus is a retrospective law which can be constitutionally applied to petitioner ..... post facto increase of uncertainty and mental anxiety moreover replacement of mandatory sentence reduction with discretionary sentence reduction cannot be permissible in light of lindsey v washington 301 u .....

Coleman Vs. Balkcom

Court: US Supreme Court

..... court has also decided several other cases presenting substantial constitutional issues relating to capital punishment statutes footnote 3 presumably those issues will no longer detain the state or federal ..... in the administration of federal constitutional law although this court has determined that capital punishment statutes do not violate the constitution gregg v georgia supra and although 30 odd .....

Albernaz Vs. United States

Court: US Supreme Court

..... distribution of marihuana violates both statutory provisions each of which authorizes a separate punishment petitioners do not dispute that their conspiracy to import and distribute marihuana violated ..... concern with committee jurisdiction and not an intent by congress to authorize multiple punishment the government persuasively responds to this speculation by noting that congress was unquestionably .....

Rhodes Vs. Chapman

Court: US Supreme Court

..... their oversight responsibility to determine whether prison conditions amount to cruel and unusual punishment courts cannot assume that state legislatures and prison officials are insensitive to the ..... court not surprisingly found that the conditions of confinement constituted cruel and unusual punishment and issued a comprehensive remedial order affecting virtually every aspect of prison .....

Estelle Vs. Smith

Court: US Supreme Court

..... penalty was mandatory the texas court of criminal appeals affirmed the conviction and death sentence after unsuccessfully seeking a writ of habeas corpus in the state courts respondent petitioned for ..... involved no compelled testimonial self incrimination even though the consequence might be more severe punishment even if there are fifth amendment rights involved in this case respondent never invoked .....

Connecticut Bd. of Pardons Vs. Dumschat

Court: US Supreme Court

the granting of and the authority to grant commutations of punishment or releases conditioned or absolute in the case of any

Ludhlow Jute Co. Ltd. Vs. Nanda Kumar Singh and ors.

Court: Kolkata

Reported in: (1982)IILLJ476Cal

..... functions properly and the dereliction of duty since found by the domestic tribunal warranted a punishment of dismissal because a person who had been entrusted with the responsibility of keeping watch ..... industrial disputes act the tribunal has jurisdiction to consider the justification of the quantum of punishment mr chakraborty submits that in the instant case the tribunal did not take any perverse .....