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Nelson v. Louisiana

U.S.
Apr 15, 1985
471 U.S. 1030 (1985)

Summary

holding that the terms "probability" and "criminal acts of violence" each have a plain meaning

Summary of this case from Hinojosa v. Dretke

Opinion

No. 84-6073.

April 15, 1985, OCTOBER TERM, 1984.


Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84e-5339, 457 So. 2d 1159; No. 84-6073, 459 So. 2d 510; No. 84-6224, 459 So. 2d 959; No. 84-6250, 744 F. 2d 1091; No. 84-6251, 690 P. 2d 463; No. 84-6285, 470 N. E. 2d 666; No. 84-6348, 457 So. 2d 1012; No. 84-6442, 456 So. 2d 404.


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.


Summaries of

Nelson v. Louisiana

U.S.
Apr 15, 1985
471 U.S. 1030 (1985)

holding that the terms "probability" and "criminal acts of violence" each have a plain meaning

Summary of this case from Hinojosa v. Dretke

stating that the terms used in jury instructions "ultimately mean what the jury says by their verdict they mean"

Summary of this case from Chambers v. Cockrell
Case details for

Nelson v. Louisiana

Case Details

Full title:NELSON v. LOUISIANA. Sup. Ct. La

Court:U.S.

Date published: Apr 15, 1985

Citations

471 U.S. 1030 (1985)

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