1. Beck v. Ala., No. 78-6621 , SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, February 20, 1980, Argued , June 20, 1980, Decided
OVERVIEW: A death sentence was unconstitutionally imposed following a guilty verdict for a capital offense when the jury was not permitted to consider a lesser-included, noncapital offense and when the evidence would have supported such a lesser charge.
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