Walker v. Illinois
Walker v. Illinois Tichnell v. Maryland Spaziano v. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Newsted v. Oklahoma Magwood v. Alabama Mak v. Washington Walker v. Oklahoma Rogers v. Georgia
Opinion of the Court
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Sup. Ct. Ill.;
Ct. App. Md.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;
Ct. Crim. App. Ala.;
Sup. Ct. Wash.;
Ct. Crim. App. Okla.; and
Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 86-277, 109 Ill. 2d 484 , 488 N. E. 2d 529 ; No. 86-5453, 306 Md. 428 , 509 A. 2d 1179 ; No. 86-5617, 489 So. 2d 720 ; No. 86-5631, 720 P. 2d 734 ; No. 86-5639, 494 So. 2d 124 ; No. 86-5644, 105 Wash. 2d 692 , 718 P. 2d 407 ; No. 86-5683, 723 P. 2d 273 ; No. 86-5686, 256 Ga. 140 , 344 S. E. 2d 644 .
Dissent
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Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,
dissenting.
Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.
How later courts describe this case
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(holding that "the fact that a photograph is gruesome and ghastly is no reason to exclude its admission into evidence, if it has some relevancy to the proceedings, even if the photographs may tend to inflame the jury")
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(stating "[the heat of passion must render the mind incapable of forming a design to effect death before the defense of manslaughter is established;")
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(the mere possibility that some item of undisclosed evidence might help the defense does not require the trial court to conduct an in camera review of police investigative files)
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(‘the State must show voluntariness and a Miranda predicate in order to admit it’)
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(approximately 90 minutes between second and third interrogations)
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(continuing threat supported by three unadjudicated murders)
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