Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Carter v. City of Birmingham
Carter v. City of Birmingham, 467 U.S. 1211 (1984)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1984-05-21
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- state’s refusal to offer accused a life sentence in a capital case did not constitute an "improper or selective prosecution”
- jury heard evidence on an aggravator held invalid by the Court, but the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt because at least three other aggrava-tors were clearly established
- jury heard evidence on an aggravator held invalid by the Court, but the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt because at least three other aggravators were clearly established
- defendant broke into victims’ home and beat victims to death
Citator
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Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari denied.
Justice Brennan would grant certiorari.