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439 U.S. 811

Adams v. Ohio

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided October 2, 1978

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1978-10-02

Relies on Lockett v. Ohio

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Decided 1978-10-02

How this case has been cited

Cited by 60 later decisions — most recently September 2023 · most notably State v. Maurer (1984), State v. Frazier (1995)

5 federal appellate · 55 state decisions

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¶1Sup. Ct. Ohio. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and cer-tiorari granted. Judgment vacated insofar as it leaves undisturbed the death penalty imposed, and case is remanded for further proceedings. See Lockett v. Ohio, 438 U. S. 586 (1978).

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