Pulley v. Harris
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| Argued November 7, 1983 Decided January 23, 1984 |
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| Full case name | Pulley v. Harris | ||||
| Citations | 465 U.S. 37 (more) | ||||
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| Affirmed. | |||||
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| Majority | White, joined by Burger, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist, and O'Connor, Stevens (except Part III) | ||||
| Concurrence | Stevens | ||||
| Dissent | Brennan, joined by Marshall | ||||
Pulley v. Harris, 465 U.S. 37 (1984) is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that there the Constitution does not require, as an invariable rule in every case, that a state appellate court, before it affirms a death sentence, compare the sentence in the case before it with the penalties imposed in similar cases if requested to do so by the prisoner.
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