Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Corley v. Meese

484 U.S. 1079

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1988-02-22
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • allowing the jury and trial court, in capital case, to find, as an aggravating circumstance for sentencing purposes, the same aggravation alleged in the indictment is not unconstitutional
  • absent indication that sentencing judges relied on Booth information, death sentence will be upheld

Citator

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Authority status
pending
Cited by
99 opinions

Ct. App. D. C. Certiorari denied.

Justice Scalia took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.