Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
DiFrisco v. New Jersey
DiFrisco v. N.J., 516 U.S. 1129 (1996)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1996-02-20
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- whether the defendant's execution would cause excessive emotional hardship to his mother neither related to the defendant's character or record nor to the circumstances of the offense and rather focused on the potential impact on a third party and was properly excluded
- affirming defendant’s death sentence on proportionality review
Citator
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- Cited by
- 84 opinions
Sup. Ct. N. J. Certiorari denied.