Supreme Court· 10/4/1982

Tison v. Arizona

Citations

459 U.S. 882
103 S. Ct. 180
74 L. Ed. 2d 148
51 U.S.L.W. 3258
1982 U.S. LEXIS 3755

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holding that the shooting of a bar owner and a patron during the course of a robbery was not heinous or depraved
recognizing right to eliminate those who would automatically vote to impose death penalty in spite of the evidence
recognizing right to eliminate those who would automatically vote to impose death penalty in spite of the evidence
holding “[a] verbal demand is not the talisman of an intent to steal”; “[s]uch intent may also be inferred from actions or conduct”
three shot and injured inside store; two shot and killed in the parking lot as defendant fled
cause of death was strangulation which occurred during the criminal episode of kidnapping and attempted rape

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Judges: Brennan, Marshall

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