Enmund v. Florida
458 U.S. 782 (1982) Cited 1,746 times 11 Legal AnalysesHolding the death penalty cruel and unusual punishment for participation in a felony in which an accomplice commits murder, though about a third of American jurisdictions authorized such punishment, and at least six non-triggerman felony murderers had been executed, and three others were on death rows
Tison v. Arizona
481 U.S. 137 (1987) Cited 1,345 times 8 Legal AnalysesHolding "that the reckless disregard for human life implicit in knowingly engaging in criminal activities known to carry a grave risk of death represents a highly culpable mental state"
People v. Young
34 Cal.4th 1149 (Cal. 2005) Cited 2,830 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that the claim that post-conviction counsel was "burdened by a conflict of interest" was not cognizable because there is no constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel in post-conviction proceedings
Kennedy v. Louisiana
554 U.S. 407 (2008) Cited 345 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding death sentence for rape of minor to constitute cruel and unusual punishment
People v. Smithey
20 Cal.4th 936 (Cal. 1999) Cited 1,347 timesConcluding trial court did not err in instructing the jury pursuant to CALJIC No. 2.15 with respect to underlying crimes of robbery and burglary in felony-murder prosecution