Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Garcia-Anguiana v. United States

449 U.S. 987

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1980-11-10
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • defendant who mutilates or seriously disfigures the victim’s body after death may be found to have a depraved mind
  • Congress did not intend to foreclose border searches beyond the 100-mile zone
  • fact that defendant was later acquitted on charge giving rise to aggravating circumstance at first trial irrelevant as to whether trier of fact was presented with sufficient evidence to find beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of an aggravating circumstance

Citator

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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.