Opinion

Bottoson v. Florida

  • 469 U.S. 873
  • 105 S. Ct. 225
  • 83 L. Ed. 2d 156
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Oct 1, 1984
Status
Published
On the bench
Brennan, Marshall
Cited by
667 cases
Authority
More cited than 99.8%

during a shoot out with police, the defendant killed one officer, wounded a second, and narrowly missed a third

How later courts described this case

  • during a shoot out with police, the defendant killed one officer, wounded a second, and narrowly missed a third
  • requiring proof of criminal conviction to rebut analogous mitigating factor under Alabama statute
  • juror is competent if he can lay aside any bias or prejudice and render verdict solely on the evidence presented and the court's instructions
  • victim was raped, strangled, stabbed in the neck and shot twice; Court specifically notes victim's intense mental, as well as physical, pain during the ordeal

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. La.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. La.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

C. A. 9th Cir.;

Ct. App. Md.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Neb.;

Sup. Ct. Neb.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Wyo.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

C. A. 4th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Sup. Ct. Ind.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.; and

Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-6555, 443 So. 2d 962 ; No. 83-6580, 720 F. 2d 839 ; No. 83-6623, 662 S. W. 2d 854 ; No. 83-6660, 443 So. 2d 1091 ; No. 83-6690, 666 S. W. 2d 41 ; No. 83-6694, 445 So. 2d 1203 ; No. 83-6699, 445 So. 2d 326 ; No. 83-6708, 720 F. 2d 1108 ; No. 83-6740, 299 Md. 88 , 472 A. 2d 953 ; No. 83-6748, 667 S. W. 2d 44 ; No. 83-6763, 216 Neb. 515 , 344 N. W. 2d 469 ; No. 83-6802, 216 Neb. 521 , 344 N. W. 2d 473 ; No. 83-6806, 665 S. W. 2d 325 ; No. 83-6811, 101 Ill. 2d 147 , 461 N. E. 2d 415 ; *874 No. 83-6829, 725 F. 2d 1511 ; No. 83-6833, 252 Ga. 60 , 312 S. E. 2d 300 ; No. 83-6855, 679 P. 2d 1008 ; No. 83-6882, 252 Ga. 227 , 314 S. E. 2d 83 ; No. 83-6895, 446 So. 2d 1038 ; No. 83-6912, 667 S. W. 2d 712 ; No. 84-85, 252 Ga. 351 , 314 S. E. 2d 621 ; No. 84-5001, 227 Va. 124 , 314 S. E. 2d 371 ; No. 84-5007, 252 Ga. 418 , 314 S. E. 2d 210 ; No. 84-5049, 733 F. 2d 304 ; No. 84-5092, 449 So. 2d 209 ; No. 84-5125, 448 So. 2d 927 ; No. 84-5129, 460 N. E. 2d 922 ; No. 84-5185, 671 S. W. 2d 459 ; No. 84-5228, 450 So. 2d 171 .

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