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Romano v. OklahomaRomano v. Oklahoma

Supreme Court of the United States
Nov 1, 1993
92-9093
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Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Motion of petitioner ‍‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‍for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted limited to the following ‍‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‍question: “Does admission of evidence that a capital defendant already has been ‍‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‍sentenced to death in another case impermissibly undermine the sentencing jury’s sense ‍‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‍of responsibility for determining the appropriateness of the defendant’s death, in violation ‍‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‍of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments?”

Case Details

Case Name: Romano v. Oklahoma
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: Nov 1, 1993
Citations: 510 U.S. 943; 114 S. Ct. 380; 92-9093
Docket Number: 92-9093
Court Abbreviation: U.S.
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