Walton v Arizona
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Type: Case
Citation: [1990] 497 US 639
Summary: Arizona statute providing after conviction of first-degree murder sentence of death or life imprisonment to be determined at separate hearing — Judge to impose death sentence if found one or more of aggravating circumstances enumerated in statute and no mitigating circumstances sufficiently substantial to call for leniency — Burden of establishing mitigating circumstances on defendant — Statute not unconstitutional
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Court: Supreme Court of US
Jurisdiction: US
Date 1990
Tags
Burden/Standard of proof, Capital, Fundamental Rights and Freedoms
Index Data
Start date: 01-Jan-1990
End date: 31-Dec-1990
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File Location: P9
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