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TISON v. ARIZONA

No. 84-6075.

481 U.S. 137 (1987)

TISON v. ARIZONA

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 21, 1987

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan M. Dershowitz, by appointment of the Court, 475 U.S. 1079, argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Stephen H. Oleskey, Cynthia O. Hamilton, Susan Estrich, and Nathan Dershowitz.

William J. Schafer III argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Robert K. Corbin, Attorney General of Arizona.

JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question presented is whether the petitioners' participation in the events leading up to and following the murder of four members of a family makes the sentences of death imposed by the Arizona courts constitutionally permissible although neither petitioner specifically intended to kill the victims and neither inflicted the fatal gunshot wounds. We hold that the Arizona Supreme Court applied an erroneous standard...

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