WARDEN, MARYLAND PENITENTIARY

v.

RALPH; AND RALPH V. WARDEN, MARYLAND PENITENTIARY

Citator

Cited By (15 total)

• Coker v. Georgia, 433 U.S. 584 (U.S. 1977)
  …actors identified by Georgia: the cruelty or viciousness of the offender, the circumstances and manner in which the offense was committed, and the consequences suffered by the victim. See also Ralph v. Warden, 438 F. 2d 786 (CA4 1970), cert. denied, 408 U. S. 942 (1972); 438 F. 2d, at 794 (opinion of Haynsworth, C. J.). The legislative task of defining, with appropriate specificity, the elements of the offense of aggravated rape would not be easy, see Furman v. Georgia, 408 U. S. 238, 460 (1972) (Powell, J.,…
• United States v. ASH, 413 U.S. 300 (U.S. 1973)
• Corbitt v. New Jersey, 439 U.S. 212 (U.S. 1978)
  …enalty provision severable from the statute and ruled that life imprisonment was to be imposed upon all defendants convicted by a jury of first-degree murder, State v. Funicello, 60 N. J. 60, 286 A. 2d 55, cert. denied sub nom. New Jersey v. Presha, 408 U. S. 942 (1972). N. J. Stat. Ann. § 2A: 113-3 (West 1969). As the statute suggests, the trial judge has complete discretion to refuse to accept the plea. See State v. Sullivan, 43 N. J. 209, 246, 203 A. 2d 117, 196 (1964). He may not, however, accept a plea…