Supreme Court· 7/6/1983

California v. Ramos

Citations

463 U.S. 992
103 S. Ct. 3446
77 L. Ed. 2d 1171
1983 U.S. LEXIS 112
51 U.S.L.W. 5220

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holding that a state may consider and rely upon a defendant's future dangerousness in its decision to seek a death sentence
holding that a state may consider and rely upon a defendant’s future dangerousness in its decision to seek a death sentence
recognizing that“the qualitative difference of death from all other punishments requires a correspondingly greater degree of scrutiny of the capital sentencing determination”
recognizing that “the qualitative difference of death from all other punishments requires a correspondingly greater degree of scrutiny of the capital sentencing determination”
holding that federal constitution does not prohibit capital sentencing jury from considering governor’s power to commute life sentences
holding that a state may consider and rely upon a defendant's future dangerousness in its decision to seek a death sentence

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Judges: O'Connor, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens, Brennan

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