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California v. Hamilton, 476 U.S. 1301 (1986)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
California v. Hamilton, 476 U.S. 1301 (1986)
California v. Hamilton No. A-805 Decided May 6, 1986 476 U.S. 1301
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
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California’s application to stay enforcement of the California Supreme Court’s judgment invalidating respondent’s death sentence is granted. The State Supreme Court’s judgment was based on its holdings that the failure to properly instruct the jury at respondent’s murder trial on the issue of intent to kill violated his right to due process under Sandstrom v. Montana, 442 U.S. 510, and that such error was not harmless. The State seeks the stay so that it can petition for certiorari to raise the question of the proper constitutional standard for determining prejudice with regard to Sandstrom errors. Since the outcome here may well be affected by the decision in another, pending case, it is likely that a majority of this Court would not want to dispose of the petition for certiorari in this case before a decision is rendered in such other case.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," California v. Hamilton, 476 U.S. 1301 (1986) in 476 U.S. 1301 Original Sources, accessed August 30, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HC2BHIZRG26V2RA.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." California v. Hamilton, 476 U.S. 1301 (1986), in 476 U.S. 1301, Original Sources. 30 Aug. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HC2BHIZRG26V2RA.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in California v. Hamilton, 476 U.S. 1301 (1986). cited in 1986, 476 U.S. 1301. Original Sources, retrieved 30 August 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HC2BHIZRG26V2RA.
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