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Supreme Court· 2/22/1995

Harris v. Alabama

Citations

  • 513 U.S. 504
  • 115 S. Ct. 1031
  • 130 L. Ed. 2d 1004
  • 1995 U.S. LEXIS 1623

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that “the hallmark of the analysis is not the particular weight a State chooses to place upon the jury’s advice, but whether the scheme adequately channels the sentencer’s discretion so as to prevent arbitrary results.”
  • rejecting defendant's suggestion that a trial judge must give \great weight\ to the jury's advice
  • rejecting \the notion that `a specific method for balancing mitigating and aggravating factors in a capital sentencing proceeding is constitutionally required'\ (quoting Franklin v. Lynaugh , 487 U.S. 164 , 179 (1988)
  • rejecting ‘the notion that “a specific method for balancing mitigating and aggravating factors in a capital sentencing proceeding is constitutionally required” ’ (quoting Franklin v. Lynaugh, 487 U.S. 164, 179, 108 S.Ct. 2320, 101 L.Ed.2d 155 (1988)
  • rejecting ‘the notion that “a specific method for balancing mitigating and aggravating factors in a capital sentencing proceeding is constitutionally required” ’ (quoting Franklin v. Lynaugh, 487 U.S. 164, 179, 108 S.Ct. 2820, 101 L.Ed.2d 155 (1988)
  • rejecting \the notion that 'a specific method for balancing mitigating and aggravating factors in a capital sentencing proceeding is constitutionally required' \ (quoting Franklin v. Lynaugh , 487 U.S. 164 , 179, 108 S.Ct. 2320 , 101 L.Ed.2d 155 (1988)

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Judges: O'Connor, Rehnquist, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Stevens

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Cites

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