Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Tison v. Arizona
459 U.S. 882
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1982-10-04
- Topic
- bankruptcy
How later courts describe this case
- 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
- 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
- death penalty affirmed to nontrig-german where ‘heinous atrocious cruel’ and pecuniary gain aggravating circumstances applied vicariously
- fear and emotional strain of abduction and attempted rape on eight-year-old girl prior to instantaneous death by strangulation was heinous, atrocious and cruel
- death caused by neck wound or strangulation, defendant inserted umbrellas in victim’s vaginal and rectal cavities
Citator
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- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 530 opinions
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Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Sup. Ct. Ark.;
Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;
Sup. Ct. Va.;
Sup. Ct. Ark.;
C. A. 11th Cir.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;
Sup. Ct. Tenn.;
Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;
Sup. Ct. Va.;
Sup. Ct. Ark.;
Sup. Ct. Ariz.;
C. A. 9th Cir.; and
Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-5634, 129 Ariz. 526, 633 P. 2d 335 (first case), 129 Ariz. 546, 633 P. 2d 355 (second case); No. 81-6536, 626 S. W. 2d 758; No. 81-6711, 275 Ark. 71, 628 S. W. 2d 284; No. 81-6861, 223 Va. 66, 286 S. E. 2d 162; No. 81-6976, 275 Ark. 410, 630 S. W. 2d 44; No. 81-6978, 660 F. 2d 573, 671 F. 2d 858, and 677 F. 2d 20; No. 82-5001, 249 Ga. 228, 290 S. E. 2d 43; No. 82-5020, 412 So.