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| Spaziano v. Florida | |
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| Argued April 17, 1984 Decided July 2, 1984 | |
| Full case name | Joseph Robert Spaziano v. Florida |
| Citations | 468 U.S. 447 (more) 104 S. Ct. 3154; 82 L. Ed. 2d 340; 1984 U.S. LEXIS 141 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Spaziano v. State, 393 So. 2d 1119 (Fla. 1981); Spaziano v. Florida, 454 U.S. 1037 (1981); on remand, Spaziano v. State, 433 So. 2d 508 (1983) |
| Holding | |
| It was not error for the trial judge to refuse to instruct the jury on lesser included offenses. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Blackmun, joined by Burger, Powell, O'Connor; White, Rehnquist (all but a portion of Part II); Brennan, Marshall, Stevens (Part II only) |
| Concurrence | White, joined by Rehnquist |
| Concur/dissent | Stevens, joined by Brennan, Marshall |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amends. VI, VIII | |
Overruled by | |
| Hurst v. Florida (2016) | |
Spaziano v. Florida was two United States Supreme Court cases dealing with the imposition of the death penalty. In the first case, 454 U.S. 1037 (1981),[1] the Supreme Court, with two dissents, refused Spaziano's petition for certiorari. However, the Florida Supreme Court would reverse Spaziano's death sentence based on the judge's receipt of a confidential report which was not received by either party. On remand, the judge reimposed the death penalty and the Florida Supreme Court upheld the sentence.[2] In the second case, 468 U.S. 447 (1984),[3] the Court heard Spaziano's appeal of his death sentence.