Tison v. Arizona

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Tison_v._Arizona
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Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation 481 U.S. 137
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date 1987-04-21
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Byron_White
gptkb:Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.
gptkb:William_H._Rehnquist
gptkbp:docketNumber 85-6065
gptkbp:fullName Tison et al. v. Arizona
gptkbp:heldBy A person who is a major participant in a felony and exhibits reckless indifference to human life may be sentenced to death even if they did not kill, attempt to kill, or intend to kill.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tison v. Arizona
gptkbp:legalSubject death penalty
felony murder rule
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Sandra_Day_O'Connor
gptkbp:overruledOrModified gptkb:Enmund_v._Florida
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Enmund_v._Florida
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Enmund_v._Florida
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7