Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Battenfield v. Oklahoma
503 U.S. 943
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1992-03-23
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- must show evidence of conscious physical suffering of victim prior to death to meet required torture or serious physical abuse standard
- no violation of Oklahoma or United States Constitution where inmate awaiting trial initiated conversation and made inculpatory statements to uniformed state agent
Citator
UpLaw has not yet analyzed Battenfield v. Oklahoma. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.
- Cited by
- 82 opinions
Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Certiorari denied.