Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Culberson v. Mississippi
449 U.S. 986
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1980-11-10
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- defendant who mutilates or seriously disfigures the victim’s body after death may be found to have a depraved mind
- "[T]he jury's recommendation of a sentence of death is a strong indication that it did not find appellant's emotional state particularly compelling as a mitigating circumstance."
- fact that defendant was later acquitted on charge giving rise to aggravating circumstance at first trial irrelevant as to whether trier of fact was presented with sufficient evidence to find beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of an aggravating circumstance
Citator
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- Cited by
- 65 opinions
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Sup. Ct. Miss.; and
Sup. Ct. Ariz. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 79-6715, 379 So. 2d 499; No. 79-6862, 378 So. 2d 765; No. 79-6884, 245 Ga. 868, 268 S. E. 2d 316; No. 80-5119, 245 Ga. 266, 264 S. E. 2d 204; No. 80-5163, 595 S. W. 2d 516; No. 80-5249, 381 So. 2d 999; No. 80-5399, 126 Ariz. 283, 614 P. 2d 825.