Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Epps v. West
524 U.S. 940
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1998-06-22
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- applying Terry and concluding that the aggravating circumstance was applicable because the felony of arson was committed when the defendant murdered the victim by setting fire to the car she occupied
- “A ‘well grounded’ claim as initially submitted under § 5107(a) is not necessarily a claim which will ultimately be deemed allowable under § 5107(b).”
Citator
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- Cited by
- 65 opinions
Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied.