Legal Opinion
Pulley v. Harris
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 23, 1984No. 82-1095PublishedCited by 2,008 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
Respondent Harris was convicted of a capital crime in a California court and was sentenced to death.1 Along with *39many other challenges to the conviction and sentence, Harris claimed on appeal that the California capital punishment statute was invalid under the United States Constitution because it failed to require the California Supreme Court to compare Harris’ sentence with the sentences imposed in similar capital *40cases and thereby to determine whether they were proportionate.2 Rejecting the constitutional claims by citation to earlier cases, the California Supreme Court affirmed. People v.…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Zant v. StephensSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by2,008 opinions
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- State v. BlandTennessee Supreme Court · 1997
- King v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
- Lewis v. JeffersSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- McCleskey v. KempSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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