Beck v. Alabama
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| Beck v. Alabama | ||||||||||
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| Argued February 20, 1980 Decided June 20, 1980 |
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| The death sentence may not constitutionally be imposed after a jury verdict of guilt of a capital offense where the jury was not permitted to consider a verdict of guilt of a lesser included offense. | ||||||||||
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| Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger Associate Justices: William J. Brennan, Jr., Potter Stewart, Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens |
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| Majority by: Stevens Joined by: Burger, Brennan, Stewart, Blackmun, and Powell Concurrence by: Brennan Concurrence by: Marshall Dissent by: Rehnquist Joined by: White |
Beck v. Alabama, 447 U.S. 625 (1980) is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a jury must be allowed to consider lesser included offense, not just capital offense or acquittal.
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