Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Booker v. Florida

Booker v. Fla., 454 U.S. 957 (1981)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1981-10-19
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • approving on basis of Windom district court decision which recognizes that section 921.141 does not intrude upon this Court's rule-making authority
  • prosecutor properly allowed to cross-examine defendant during capital sentencing proceeding about prior criminal record to negate mitigating circumstance

Citator

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Sup. Ct. N. C. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-5086, 397 So. 2d 910; No. 81-5329, 399 So. 2d 356.