Arave v. Creech

Arave v. Creech
Arave v. Creech
	Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 30, 1993
Full case name	Arave v. Creech
Citations	507 U.S. 463 (more)
Holding
	When a state uses a consistent narrowing definition for a broad term like "utter disregard," the broad term can function as a valid aggravating circumstance under the Fourteenth Amendment.
Court membership
	Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices Byron White · Harry Blackmun; John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor; Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy; David Souter · Clarence Thomas
Case opinions
Majority	O'Connor
Dissent	Blackmun, joined by Stevens
Laws applied
	U.S. Const. amend. XIV

Arave v. Creech, 507 U.S. 463 (1993), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that, when a state uses a consistent narrowing definition for a broad term like "utter disregard," the broad term can function as a valid aggravating circumstance under the Fourteenth Amendment.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Arave v. Creech, 507 U.S. 463 (1993).
^ Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "Aggravating Circumstances". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 40.

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[case-1] Arave v. Creech, 507 U.S. 463 (1993).

[Lieberman1999-2] Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "Aggravating Circumstances". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 40.

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