Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Morgan v. United States
480 U.S. 911
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1987-03-02
- Topic
- general
judge not subject to removal by reason of having previously sentenced defendant, absent a showing of bias or prejudice | judge not subject to removal by reason of having previously sentenced defendant, absent a showing of bias or prejudice | testimony regarding defendant’s MMPI results permitted during sentencing phase in which defendant received death penalty | when sentencing, court can consider evidence of criminal indictments and even evidence of criminal activities for which no charges have been filed if evidence is reliable | presence of others in immediate area supports grave risk circumstance | “It is difficult to imagine a clearer case of ‘textually demonstrable constitutional cojnmitment’ of an issue to another branch of government to the exclusion of the courts” (citing Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186, 217, 82 S.Ct. 691, 710, 7 L.Ed.2d 663 (1962))
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C. A.
D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied.
Justice Scalia took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.