Legal Opinion
Walton v. Arizona
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided August 30, 1990No. 88-7351PublishedCited by 1,523 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice White, joined by The Chief Justice, Justice O’Connor, and Justice Kennedy
At issue in this case is the validity of the death sentence imposed by an Arizona trial court after a jury found petitioner Jeffrey Walton guilty of committing first-degree murder.
The Arizona statutes provide that a person commits first-degree murder if “[ijntending or knowing that his conduct will cause death, such person causes the death of another with premeditation” or if in the course of committing certain specified offenses and without any mental state other than what is required for the commission of such offenses, he causes the death of any person. Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. *643§ 13-1105…
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