People v. Tenneson

How courts have described this case

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

• articulating that the jury must address these four factors to properly exercise its function in a capital sentencing proceeding
• “These considerations [of fairness] assume profoundly greater importance in the process of determining whether a person convicted of murder shall be sentenced to death.”
• \These considerations [of fairness] assume profoundly greater importance in the process of determining whether a person convicted of murder shall be sentenced to death.\
• there is a special need for reliability and certainty in capital sentencing decisions because the death penalty is uniquely severe and final
• there is a special need for reliability and certainty in capital sentencing decisions because the death penalty is uniquely severe and final
• “It is for the jury to decide whether the ‘facts’ that the defendant asserts in mitigation are true and, if so, whether they are to be regarded as mitigating factors.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).