Supreme Court· 7/2/1984

Spaziano v. Florida

Citations

468 U.S. 447
104 S. Ct. 3154
82 L. Ed. 2d 340
1984 U.S. LEXIS 141
52 U.S.L.W. 5030

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concluding that neither sixth amendment, nor eighth amendment, nor any other constitutional provision provides defendant with right to have jury determine appropriateness of capital sentence
concluding that neither sixth amendment, nor eighth amendment, nor any other constitutional provision provides defendant with right to have jury determine appropriateness of capital sentence
holding that court need not give lesser included offense instruction where statute of limitations had run on those offenses
holding that court need not give lesser'included offense instruction where statute of limitations had run on those offenses
recognizing that there was no federal constitutional right to jury sentencing even for capital offenses
holding that a lesser-included-offense instruction was not required when the lesser offense's state-law statute of limitations had run

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Judges: Blackmun, Burgee, Powell, O'Connor, White, Rehnquist, Brennan, Marshall, Stevens

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