Hopkins v. Reeves, No. 96-1693 (U.S. Supreme Court) (524 U.S. 88; 118 S.Ct. 1895) (June 8, 1998) (Justice Thomas)
In Beck v Alabama, 447 US 625 (1980), the Supreme Court held unconstitutional a state statute that prohibited lesser included offense instructions in capital cases, when lesser included offenses to the charged crime existed under State law and such instructions were generally given in noncapital cases. In this case, the ...
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