WALTON v. ARIZONA

No. 88-7351.

497 U.S. 639 (1990)

WALTON v. ARIZONA.

Supreme Court of the United States.

Decided June 27, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy K. Ford argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Denise I. Young.

Paul J. McMurdie, Assistant Attorney General of Arizona, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Robert K. Corbin, Attorney General, and Jessica Gifford Funkhouser.*


JUSTICE WHITE announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II, and V, and an opinion with respect to Parts III and IV, in which THE CHIEF JUSTICE, JUSTICE O'CONNOR, and JUSTICE KENNEDY joined.

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...

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