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LEWIS v. JEFFERS

No. 89-189.

497 U.S. 764 (1990)

110 S.Ct. 3092

111 L.Ed.2d 606

LEWIS, DIRECTOR, ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ET AL. v. JEFFERS

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 27, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald R. Grant, Assistant Attorney General of Arizona, argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Robert K. Corbin, Attorney General, and Jessica Gifford Funkhouser.

James S. Liebman, by appointment of the Court, 493 U.S. 952, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Donald S. Klein and Frank P. Leto.*

JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents issues pertaining to federal court review of a state court's determination that an offense was committed "in an especially heinous, cruel or depraved manner," Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 13-703(F)(6) (1989).

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The relevant facts are undisputed. The evidence at trial showed that in May 1976, police arrested respondent Jimmie Wayne Jeffers...

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