Asam v. Stanley

How later courts describe this case

• explaining that arguments of this sort are based on footnote thirty-seven of Miranda
• defendant kidnapped three girls at gunpoint, robbed them, forced two into the car trunk, raped and beat the third to death
• defendant raped victim and inflicted upon her numerous lacerations, bruises and fractured several ribs; victim died of head injuries; defendant presented evidence of emotional disturbance and impaired capacity
• death penalty for first-degree murder does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment
• sole aggravating circumstance that defendant was in a place of lawful confinement
• statutorily required notice of aggravation given defendant before trial satisfies due process
• heinous, atrocious, or cruel; course of conduct
• shotgun murder of service station attendant