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MAYNARD v. CARTWRIGHT

No. 87-519.

486 U.S. 356 (1988)

108 S.Ct. 1853

100 L.Ed.2d 372

MAYNARD, WARDEN, ET AL. v. CARTWRIGHT

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 6, 1988

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Stewart Dickerson, Assistant Attorney General of Oklahoma, argued the cause for petitioners. With her on the briefs were Robert H. Henry, Attorney General, and David W. Lee, M. Caroline Emerson, and Sandra D. Howard, Assistant Attorneys General.

Mandy Welch by appointment of the Court, 484 U.S. 1056, argued the cause and filed briefs for respondent.*

JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

On May 4, 1982, after eating their evening meal in their Muskogee County, Oklahoma, home, Hugh and Charma Riddle watched television in their living room. At some point, Mrs. Riddle left the living room and was proceeding towards the bathroom when she encountered respondent Cartwright standing in the hall holding a shotgun. She struggled for the gun and was shot twice in the legs. The man, whom she recognized as a disgruntled...

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