RICHMOND v. LEWIS

No. 91-7094.

506 U.S. 40 (1992)

RICHMOND v. LEWIS, DIRECTOR, ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al.

United States Supreme Court.

Decided December 1, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy K. Ford argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Judith H. Ramseyer and Carla Ryan.

Paul J. McMurdie argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Grant Woods, Attorney General of Arizona, and Jack Roberts, Assistant Attorney General.

O'Connor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and White, Blackmun, Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, and Thomas, JJ.,joined. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion, p. 52. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion, p. 53.


Justice O'Connor, delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question in this case is whether the Supreme Court of Arizona has cured petitioner's death sentence of vagueness error.

I

On August 25, 1973, Bernard Crummett had the misfortune to meet Rebecca Corella in a Tucson, Arizona, bar. Crummett left the bar with Corella and, in the parking lot, met petitioner, who had been waiting for Corella with his girlfriend, Faith Erwin. Corella agreed to perform...

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