Walton v. Arizona

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Walton_v._Arizona
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation 497 U.S. 639
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_Antonin_Scalia
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date 1990-06-27
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_Harry_Blackmun
gptkb:Justice_John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Justice_Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:Justice_William_Brennan
gptkbp:docketNumber 88-7351
gptkbp:fullName Jeffrey Landrigan Walton v. Arizona
gptkbp:heldBy Arizona's capital sentencing scheme does not violate the Sixth Amendment
The judge, not the jury, may determine the existence of aggravating factors for the death penalty
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Walton v. Arizona
gptkbp:involvedState gptkb:Arizona
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:Sandra_Day_O'Connor
gptkb:William_Rehnquist
gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Justice_Byron_White
gptkbp:overruledBy gptkb:Ring_v._Arizona
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Sixth_Amendment
death penalty
capital sentencing
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Apprendi_v._New_Jersey
gptkb:Ring_v._Arizona
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7