UNITED STATES

v.

RAMSEY ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (13 total)

• Henderson v. Kibbe, 431 U.S. 145 (U.S. 1977)
  …reated an impermissible risk that the jury had not made a finding that the Constitution requires.9 [*152] Because the Court of Appeals decision appeared to conflict with this Court's holding in Cupp v. Naughten, 414 U. S. 141, we granted certiorari, 429 U. S. 815. Respondent argues that the decision of the Court of Appeals should be affirmed on either of two independent grounds: (1) that the omission of an instruction on causation created the danger that the jurors failed to make an essential factual determ…
• Jeffers v. United States, 432 U.S. 137 (U.S. 1977)
  …for the lesser. Finally, he argued that he had not waived the double jeopardy [*147] issue. In addition to these issues, it appears that cumulative fines were imposed on petitioner, which creates a multiple-punishment problem. We granted certiorari. 429 U. S. 815 (1976). We consider first the multiple prosecution, lesser included offense, and waiver points, and then we address the multiple-punishment problem. II A. The Government’s principal argument for affirming the judgment of the Court of Appeals is th…
• Coker v. Georgia, 433 U.S. 584 (U.S. 1977)
  …umstances must be found before the death penalty may be imposed.2 Petitioner Coker was convicted of rape and sentenced to death. Both the conviction and the sentence were affirmed by the Georgia Supreme Court. Coker was granted a writ of certiorari, 429 U. S. 815, limited to the single claim, rejected by the Georgia court, that the punishment of death for rape violates the Eighth Amendment, which proscribes “cruel and unusual punishments” and which must be observed by the States as well as the Federal Govern…