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Analysis Case Count
77 (of 7,367 possible records)
Relevant Scope
1975 - 1979
Using Data Release
SCDB_2009_03
Search Reference Code
0903-TIETACK-9010
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Case Name
BECK v. ALABAMA
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Date Decision
June 20, 1980
Date Argument
February 20, 1980
Decision Type
opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations
447 U.S. 625
100 S. Ct. 2382
1980 U.S. LEXIS 134
65 L. Ed. 2d 392
Docket
78-6621
Lower Court Detail
Court in which Case Originated
State Trial Court
Alabama
Court whose Decision was Reviewed
State Supreme Court
Alabama
Petitioner
person convicted of crime
Respondent
State
Alabama
Vote Detail
Issue/Legal Provision
(1 of 1)
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Cruel And Unusual Punishment, Death Penalty (cf. Extra Legal Jury Influence, Death Penalty)
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Fourteenth Amendment (due process)
Vote Coalition
7 - 2
Decision Direction
Liberal
Justice Votes
voted with majority or plurality
Stewart
Burger
Blackmun
Powell
Stevens
regular concurrence
Brennan
special concurrence
Marshall
dissent
White
Rehnquist
Supreme Court Database Detail
SCDB ID
1979-129-01
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