Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Justices of Superior Court v. Jackson
430 U.S. 975
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1977-04-18
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- retroactive application of Breed v. Jones, 421 U.S. 519, 95 S.Ct. 1779, 44 L.Ed.2d 346 (1975) must be analyzed according to traditional balancing factors
- defendant’s shooting of two non-offending defenseless persons execution-style was depraved
- contra; rejecting Robinson approach in favor of standard analysis
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C. A. 1st Cir. Motion of respondents for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari denied.
Mr. Justice Stewart would grant certiorari.