Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Ford v. Florida
64 L. Ed. 2d 249
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1980-04-14
- Topic
- general
(5)(h) proper when defendant struck victim twice in head with tire iron, then shot him in back of head with shotgun, reloaded and shot again | "test is not whether a jury may have declined to recommend the death penalty in a particular case but whether generally juries in this jurisdiction impose the death sentence for conduct similar to that of the defendant"
Citator
- Cited by
- 28 opinions
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Sup. Ct. Va.; and
Sup. Ct. Ga. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 79-6111, 374 So. 2d 496; No. 79-6116, 374 So. 2d 508; No. 79-6168, 220 Va. 260, 257 S. E. 2d 808; No. 79-6187, 244 Ga. 721, 261 S. E. 2d 635.